[hardy-l] Life Imitating Art?

[Betty Cortus]

It seems Hardy is as timely as ever Bill.  Thanks,
Betty

On Jul 15, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Bill Morgan wrote:

> Thanks, Betty for noting this macabre conjunction of Hardy and the  
> day’s news.  For me the most recent such convergence came when I  
> read about the scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery here in Illinois, where  
> workers have apparently removed bodies from older graves and re- 
> sold the burial plots.  If you care to know more, follow this link:
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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532100,00.html?test=latestnews
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> The Hardy connection, of course, was to “The Levelled Churchyard”  
> and perhaps even more to “In the Cemetery” from “Satires of  
> Circumstance”:
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> ‘. . . But all their children were laid therein
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> At different times, like sprats in a tin.
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> ‘And then the main drain had to cross,
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> And we moved the lot some nights ago,
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> And packed them away in the general foss
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> With hundreds more.  But their folks don’t know,
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> And as well cry over a new-laid drain
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> As anything else, to ease your pain!’
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> Bill Morgan
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