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 of our joys... The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Walton's Lives - Page 551832Full view - About this book
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1895 - 438 pages
...Now he comes ! Will he come ? Alas ! no, no. Earl qf Surrey. ccxxxvi VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go ; While some of their sad friends do say, Now his breath goes, and some say, No ; So let us melt, and... | |
| John Donne - 1896 - 320 pages
...like, wish, and adore, But after one such love, can love no more. 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... | |
| John Donne - 1896 - 448 pages
...like, wish, and adore, But after one such love, can love no more. IA 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... | |
| Augustus Jessopp - 1897 - 268 pages
...he entitled " The Valediction," perhaps the best known of all his poems. "A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN. "As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper...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 sigh-tempests... | |
| Augustus Jessopp - Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - 1897 - 272 pages
...he entitled " The Valediction," perhaps the best known of all his poems. "A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOURN. "As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper...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... | |
| Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 356 pages
...was written before 1607, and the Hymn to God the Father in 1627. 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"; 1 So let us melt and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 490 pages
...And a braver thence will spring, Which is, to keep that hid. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING A s VIRTUOUS men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...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... | |
| Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 350 pages
...was written before 1607, and the Hymn to God the Father in 1627. 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 sigh-tempests... | |
| Augustus Jessopp - Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - 1897 - 268 pages
...poems. -* ' 1 » .*-gfV *-' "A VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING TO MOUKN. "As virtuous men pass mildly awaj> 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,... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 554 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...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... | |
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