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'She at His Funeral', c1898. Poem by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). "They bear him to his resting place- In slow procession sweeping by ; I follow at a stranger's space ; His kindred they, his sweetheart I. Unchanged my gown of garish dye, Though sable-sad is their attire ; But they stand round with griefless eye, Whilst my regret consumes like fire!" From Hardy's "Wessex Poems and Other Verses". (1898).