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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Funeral March

Emanuel Carnevali

From “Neuriade”

THE GREAT corpse

Is the crowd.

A whole day

It takes to bury it.

In the morning

They begin;

Not at night,

For they’re afraid.

I’m here for …

Oh, to wail a great goodbye.