Prayer unsaid, and mass unsung, Deadman's dirge must still be rung: <br />Dingle-dong, the dead-bells sound! Mermen chant his dirge around! <br /> <br />Wash him bloodless, smooth him fair, Stretch his limbs, and sleek his hair <br />Dingle-dong, the dead-bells go! Mermen swing them to and fro! <br /> <br />In the wormless sand shall he Feast for no foul glutton be: <br />Dingle-dong, the dead-bells chime! Mermen keep the tone and time! <br /> <br />We must with a tombstone brave Shut the shark out from his grave <br />Dingle-dong, the dead-bells toll! Mermen dirgers ring his knoll! <br /> <br />Such a slab will we lay o'er him All the dead shall rise before him! <br />Dingle-dong, the dead-bells boom! Mermen lay him in his tomb!<br /><br />George Darley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dirge-4/
