 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...Paul's and vicar of St. Dnnstan's. He died in 1631.] VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING. As VIBTUOUS men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to...some say, "No"; So let us melt and make no noise, No tear floods nor sigh tempests move, 'Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. But... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1899 - 364 pages
...metre." If Walton is to be credited, the famous " Valediction, forbidding to mourn," beginning — " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...say ' The breath goes now ! ' and some say • No ! ' " was written on the same occasion ; but I confess that this appears to me to belong to an earlier... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1899 - 626 pages
...your letter, Yet she Will be False, ere I come, to two or three. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, ' Now his breath goes,' and some say ' No ' ; VOL. I. O o So let us meet and make no noise, No tear-floods,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 pages
...heaven, and here became unto us all Joy (as our joys admit) essential. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...souls to go ; Whilst some of their sad friends do say So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1899 - 362 pages
...Walton is to be credited, the famous " Valediction, forbidding to mourn," beginning — " As virtuoui men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst tome of their sad friends do say ' The breath goes now ! ' and some say ' No ! ' " was written on the... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 420 pages
...and here became unto us all Joy (as our joys admit) essential. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOTJBNTNG. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...some say, No ; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move ; 'T were profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. .... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1901 - 524 pages
...say, that none of the Greek or Latin poets did ever equal them. A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...some say, No : So let us melt, and make no noise, No wind-sighs, or tear-floods us move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Movings... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...Death and Winter closed the autumn scene. THOMAS UUUIANAN KKAU. A VALEVJCT10X FORBIDDING MOURNING. (j 2 So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempesta move ; "f were profanation of... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 462 pages
...dean of St. Paul's and vicar of St. Dunstan's. He died in 1631.] VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING. As VIRTUOUS men pass mildly away, And whisper to their..." The breath goes now," and some say, " No " ; So lot us melt and make no noise, No tear floods nor sigh tempests move, 'Twere profanation of our joys,... | |
 | Stapleton Martin - 1903 - 326 pages
...throws down." Note. — This hymn was written on Donne's death-bed. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING As virtuous men pass mildly away And whisper to their...souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, "Now his breath goes," and some say, " No." So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor... | |
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Mourning As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say 'The breath goes now,' and some say 'No'; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation... 
