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#33220 - Sun Sep 02 2001 03:34 AM The poem of "Four Marriages and a Funeral"
Lirio Offline
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Registered: Sun Apr 08 2001
Posts: 65
Loc: Near Frankfurt, Germany
Okay, I know, this film is looong gone, but recently I heard this poem recited at the funeral. Does anyone have it? Does anyone know who wrote it? Could anyone write it down here? Or msg it to me? Would be fantastic!!!
Thanks a million!

[ 09-02-2001: Message edited by: Lirio ]

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#33221 - Sun Sep 02 2001 03:50 AM Re: The poem of "Four Marriages and a Funeral"
rj211 Offline
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Registered: Mon Jun 04 2001
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Is this the one you're looking for?

quote:
Funeral Blues
by W. H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of public doves,

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West.
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.


I got it from http://live.looksmart.com/cgi-bin/framer?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ravecentral.com%2F4weddings.html


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#33222 - Sun Sep 09 2001 12:10 AM Re: The poem of "Four Marriages and a Funeral"
Lirio Offline
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Registered: Sun Apr 08 2001
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Loc: Near Frankfurt, Germany
Oh thanks a million!
Thats it!
Oh my, I love it!
Once again, thanks!
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