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Funeral

A painting in the style of Vincent Van Gogh depicting a whale hanging from ropes and pulleys on the side of a ship at night.
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The Funeral

“Haul in the chains! Let the carcase go astern!” The vast tackles have now done…
By Herman Melville
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Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a…
By W. H. Auden
Poetry

Threnody (Fragments)

The south-wind brings
Life, sunshine, and desire,
And on every mount and meadow
Breathes aromatic…
By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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