"Then earthward drops each brow again;

The solemn task 's resumed; they reach

Their holy field—the unholy train:

Enter its precinct, all and each,

Wrapt somehow in their godless rites;

Till, rites at end, up-waking, lo,

They lift their faces! What delights

The mourners as they turn to go?

"Ha, ha! he, he! On just the side

They drew their purse-strings to make quit