 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
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Donne - 1904 - 74 pages
...prove as false as thou dost now. A Valediction forbidding Mourning (Upon parting from his Mistress) As 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... | |
 | John Donne - 1905 - 116 pages
...the vulgar prove, Our bodies, not we move. But let belief A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING ///// ) MOURNING20 As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, While some of their sad friends do say, " The breath goes now," and some say, " No. ' ' So let us melt,... | |
 | John Donne - 1905 - 118 pages
...belief Of mutual love This wonder to the vulgar prove, Our bodies, not we move. A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, While some of their sad friends do say, " The breath goes now," and some say, " No." So let us melt,... | |
 | John Donne - 1905 - 112 pages
...to the vulgar prove, Our bodies, not we move. But let belief A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING20 — As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to jjo, While some of their sad friends,, dojay, "The breath goes now," and some say, "No." ^^So let usjnelf^... | |
 | Pierce Butler - 1906 - 472 pages
...was to be a lingering one ; indeed, the exact instant of final dissolution can scarce be detected : " 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.' " constitution of 1852 could not consolidate the Whig... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - 1906 - 594 pages
...above the immensity of the spacious world. His tone softens, and the sonorous voice is but a murmur : 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... | |
 | Pierce Butler - 1907 - 488 pages
...lingering one ; indeed, the exact instant of final dissolution can scarce be detected : " As v,rtue nis men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go ; Whilst some of their sad friends do s»y, ' Now his breath goes,' and some say, ' No.' " The party may be said to have been really in articulo... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1907 - 892 pages
...flowers, Which bewept to the grave did go With true-love showers. 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... | |
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