She Is Dead

SHE IS DEAD I CANT SEE HER AGAIN 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 aero planes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message Faith is Dead. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves . faith 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 woods; For nothing now can ever come to any good. My niece faith is death