A PSALM OF BURIAL.
Tell me not with words inflated Bodies were not meant to burn ; For the moo-cow when cremated Doth to ' frosted-silver ' tarn. Not the grave-yard nor interment, Is the cheapest healthiest way ; - But to rob the worm preferment Finds with cultured men to-day.' Lights nf learning all have told us We can shunt the gloomy pall, And when church-yards will not hold us, Roast our flesh for funera l . Let üb, then, keep time with culture: ' Earth to earth ' is out of date — Leave no carrion for the vnlture, Spurn the sexton and cremate.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 6
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97A PSALM OF BURIAL. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 6
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