... ; hence, they die in peace without fear and emotion (1). He suggests that the separation of the lovers be like this separation caused by death. In the second stanza the speaker furthers his comparison for a peaceful separation. "So let us melt, and make no noise- refers to the melting of gold by a goldsmith or alchemist (5). When gold is melted it does not sputter and is therefore quiet ... . The speaker and his love should not display their private, intimate love as "tear-floods, nor ... sigh-tempests move- (6). The speaker thinks that it would be a "profanation- to reveal the sacred lo...

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