Death & Dying
XIV
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Death & Dying
The rest is naught . . . We buried her o’ Sunday. Neighbours carried
her;
And Swetman—he who’d married her—now miserablest of men,
Walked mourning first; and then walked John; just quivering, but
composed anon;
And we the quire formed round the grave, as was the custom then.
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Hardy, Thomas. “XIV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/134/.
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Hardy, Thomas. “XIV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/134/.
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