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Funeral, n.
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A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
[The savage dies—they sacrifice a horse]
The savage dies—they sacrifice a horseTo bear to happy hunting-grounds the corse.
Our friends expire—we make the money fly
In hope their souls will chase it to the sky.
Jex Wopley.
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