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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEARSE SONG (1), by ANONYMOUS First Line: The old grey hearse goes rolling by Last Line: And you look like hell when they're through with you Subject(s): Corpses;funerals;soldiers; Cadavers;burials | |||
The old Grey Hearse goes rolling by, You don't know whether to laugh or cry; For you know some day it'll get you too, And the hearse's next load may consist of you. They'll take you out, and they'll lower you down, While men with shovels stand all around; They'll throw in dirt, and they'll throw in rocks, And they won't give a damn if they break the box. And your eyes drop out and your teeth fall in, And the worms crawl over your mouth and chin; They invite their friends and their friends' friends too And you look like hell when they're through with you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS RETURN FROM DELHI by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE SCATTERING OF EVAN JONES'S ASHES by GALWAY KINNELL BROWNING'S FUNERAL by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL MY FATHER'S BODY by WILLIAM MATTHEWS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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