...to out-do the brave, the true, And find a loftier way. VALEDICTION, FORBIDDING MOURNING. John Donne. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...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...

...But after one such love can love no more. 1 and we the try, 1669. A VALEDICTION FOKBIDDING MOURNING. As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their...their sad friends do say, " The breath goes now," l and some say, " No "; So let us melt and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move, 'T...

...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*; •OI. I. O o So let us meet and make no noise, No tear-floods,...

...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'} fOT.. I. O o So let us meet and make no noise, No tear-floods,...

...languish For some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou dost now. UPON PARTING FROM HIS MISTRESS. 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, 5 No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests...

...languish For some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou dost now. UPON PARTING FROM HIS MISTRESS. 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, 5 No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests...

...languish For some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou dost now. UPON PARTING FROM HIS MISTRESS. 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...

...violences of grief, like that of a good man when leaving his friends on earth in a tranquil death : — " 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." It will be for some close investigator of the facts of Donne's life...

...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 make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move; i'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears,...

...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...