Michael Edwards

DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM (Version 1)

 

 

DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM (1)

 

 

Where phantoms of the buried dead

lie mute within the church yard rails

beliefs long held by just the few

affirmed and solemnised by oath

and witnessed now by every ear

yet soon the choirs labours heard

their harmonies distracting tongues

of those who stand and gaze upon

the fresh dug mound of moving clay.