<Dd> Whilst some of their sad friends do say, </Dd> <Dd> "Now his breath goes," and some say, "No ." </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> So let us melt, and make no noise, </Dd> <Dd> No tear - floods, nor sigh - tempests move; </Dd> <Dd>' Twere profanation of our joys </Dd> <Dd> To tell the laity our love . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> So let us melt, and make no noise, </Dd>

Meaning of the poem a valediction forbidding mourning