(3 quotes found)
“Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them while I live”
Elizabeth Akers Allen
“Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say”
Karl Shapiro
“The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
