malin

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 aeroplanes circle moaning overhea
scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
puc crëpe bows round the white necks of public doves,
let the traffic policeman wear black cotton gloves.

he was my north, my south, my east and my 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 wood
for nothing now can ever come to any good.