Pall bearers Hedgehogs at <br />The funeral of the Ant. <br /> <br />A Squirrel played slovenly <br />A saddening violin: <br />Played slowly <br />Slowly. <br /> <br />Owls, nightingales, on foot <br />Glow-worms, (for it was night) , <br />Insects and the rest <br />All lined <br />The way of the bier <br />A handsome funeral! <br /> <br />The while <br />Continued playing slow <br />The slovenly violin. <br /> <br />No false tears shed. <br />Slow <br />They laid her in a half-inch <br />Grave <br />Deep half-inch <br />Only.<br /><br />Emmanuel George Cefai<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pall-bearers-hedgehogs/
