W.H. Auden FUNERAL BLUESWystan Hugh AudenStop all the clocks,
cut of the telephone, Pe!ent the dog "o# $ak%ng &%th a 'u%cy
$one,S%lence the p%anos and &%th #u(ed du#B%ng out the co)n,
let the #ounes co#e. Let aeoplanes c%cle #oan%ng o!eheadSc%$$l%ng
on the sky the #essage He *s +ead,Put cepe $o&s ound the
&h%te necks o" the pu$l%c do!es,Let the ta)c pol%ce#en &ea
$lack cotton glo!es. He &as #y Noth, #y South, #y East and
West,,y &ok%ng &eek and #y Sunday est,,y noon, #y #%dn%ght,
#y talk, #y song-* thought that lo!e &ould last "o e!e. *
&as &ong./he stas ae not &anted no&. put out e!ey
one-Pack up the #oon and d%s#antle the sun-Pou a&ay the ocean
and s&eep up the &ood.Fo noth%ng no& can e!e co#e to
any good.AABBStop all the clocks, cut of the telephone,Pe!ent the
dog "o# $ak%ng &%th a 'u%cy $one,S%lence the p%anos and
&%th #u(ed du#B%ng out the co)n, let the #ounes co#e. Let
aeoplanes c%cle #oan%ng o!eheadSc%$$l%ng on the sky the #essage He
*s +ead,Put cepe $o&s ound the &h%te necks o" the pu$l%c
do!es,Let the ta)c pol%ce#en &ea $lack cotton glo!es. He
&as #y Noth, #y South, #y East and West,,y &ok%ng &eek
and #y Sunday est,,y noon, #y #%dn%ght, #y talk, #y song-* thought
that lo!e &ould last "o e!e. * &as &ong./he stas ae not
&anted no&. put out e!ey one-Pack up the #oon and d%s#antle
the sun-Pou a&ay the ocean and s&eep up the &ood.Fo
noth%ng no& can e!e co#e to any good.No d%stact%onsNo
d%stact%onsPu$l%c #oun%ngPu$l%c #oun%ng,etaphos to %llustate the%
$ondAlso, the un&%ll%ngness to $el%e!e %n h%s death,etaphos to
%llustate the% $ondAlso, the un&%ll%ngness to $el%e!e %n h%s
death/he eath %s #ean%ngless &%thout these th%ngs. 0ust as h%s
l%"e %s #ean%ngless &%thout h%s lo!e/he eath %s #ean%ngless
&%thout these th%ngs. 0ust as h%s l%"e %s #ean%ngless
&%thout h%s lo!eFo noth%ng no& can e!e co#e to any
good.
