We drop our dead in the sea, <br />The bottomless, bottomless sea; <br />Each bubble a hollow sigh, <br />As it sinks forever and aye. <br /> <br />We drop our dead in the sea,-- <br />The dead reek not of aught; <br />We drop our dead in the sea,-- <br />The sea ne'er gives it a thought. <br /> <br />Sink, sink, oh corpse, still sink, <br />Far down in the bottomless sea, <br />Where the unknown forms do prowl, <br />Down, down in the bottomless sea. <br /> <br />'Tis night above, and night all round, <br />And night will it be with thee; <br />As thou sinkest, and sinkest for aye, <br />Deeper down in the bottomless sea.<br /><br />Herman Melville<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dirge-20/
