The Tempest

What does "But before this eternal sleep, our loved ones look away. To witness death is painful." mean?

In the poem THE TEMPEST 4.1.156-8

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I think this is Prospero talking about death being the "eternal sleep". Loved one's do not like to see suffering before death.

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