 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, The breath goes now, and some say, no...  Sermons. Letters. Poems - Page 536by John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...goes now ; and fome fay — No z. So let us melt and make no noife , No wind-fighs or tear-floods us move,. Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Movings of the earth caufe harms and fears s Men reckon what they did or meant ? But trepidation of... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...wish, and adore, But after one such love can love no more. Jo 33 A VALEDICTION, FoRRIDDING MOURNING. As virtuous men pass mildly' away, And whisper to their souls to go, VVhiUt some of their sad friends do say Now his breath goes, and some say No : So let us melt, and... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1805 - 422 pages
...breath goes now, and fome fay no : So let us melt, and make no noife ; No wind.fighs or tear-floods us move ; Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Moving* of th" earth caufe harms and fears ; Men reckon what they did or meant : But trepidation of the fpheres, Though... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1805 - 438 pages
...breath goes now, and fome fay no : So let us melt, and make no noife ; No wind-fighs or tear-floods us move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Movings of th" earth caufe harms and fears ; Men reckon what they did or meant : But trepidation of... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 594 pages
...say, that none of the Greek or Latin poets did ever equal A VALEA VALEDICTORT, FORBIDDING TO MOUKN'. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...some say no : So let us melt, and make no noise; No winds-sighs, or tear-floods us move ; Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity our love. Movings... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...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 move, 'T were profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' Earth brings harms and fears,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...As virtuous men pass niilcHy away, And whisper to their souls to go, While tame of their sad friend* do say, The breath goes now; and some say— No : So let us melt and make no noise ; No wind-sighs or tear-floods u* move : 'Twere profanation of our joys, To tell the laity cur lore. Movings... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1817 - 342 pages
...beautiful lines of Donne : Thus — vertuous 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. Audley Mandeville was certainly not the most useful of mankind. He was engaged in no illustrious acts,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...poet. Perhaps the piece itself will explain better what we mean, than any thing we could say of it. " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joyes To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears, Men reckon what it did,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...poet. Perhaps the piece itself will explain better what we mean, than any thing we could say of it. " As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joyes To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears, Men reckon what it did,... | |
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