I was recently reminded of this movie and all I really remember was that the poem recited at the funeral was really amazing. Does anyone know where I could find it or who the author was? It may have been written for the movie or it could’ve been a hundred years old. I really have no idea but after the movie I remembered thinking “I need to get a copy of that” and it’s been on my to-do list for eight or nine years.
Could someone hook me up? Thanks!
Pessor
It’s by W. H. Auden. Can’t remember the name but if you enter his name and the movie name into any search engine, you’d probably find a link.
Here’s a link:
JavaMaven1 you are the COOLEST! I just listened to it again for the first time since I saw the movie…
Thanks… that was cool.
Funeral Blues
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.
– W. H. Auden