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The sardonic funeral towers of metropolitan finance.
(Lewis Mumford (1895-1990), U.S. social philosopher. The Culture of Cities, introduction (1938).)
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When I
die
I'm sure
I will have a
Big Funeral
(Mari E. Evans (1877-1955). The Rebel (l. 1-5). . .
Poetry of Black America, The; Anthology of the 20th Century. Arnold Adoff, ed. (1973) Harper & Row.)
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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
(Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (l. 1).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown.)
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After the funeral, mule praises, brays,
(Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Welsh poet. After the Funeral (l. 1). . .
The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, 1934-1952 (1953, rev. ed. 1956) New Directions.)
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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
(James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), U.S. poet, editor. Address, October 6, 1884, Birmingham, England. "Democracy," Democracy and Other Addresses (1886).)
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Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried;
(Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), Irish poet. The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna (l. 1-2). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.)
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Thrift, thrift, Horatio, the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Hamlet, in Hamlet, act 1, sc. 2, l. 180-1.
In reply to Horatio's acknowledgment that Hamlet's mother's marriage took place very soon after her first husband's death; "coldly" means when cold.)
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The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he's dead.
("An Eminent Editor" Of Press Baron. Quoted in Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain Today, ch. 9 (1965).)
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