Hearse

thumb| A hearse is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a casket at a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles. Quotes Dido, my deare, alas! is dead,Dead, and lyeth wrapt in lead.O heavie herse! Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender (1579), November Eclogue Underneath this sable herseLyes the subject of all verse. Ben Jonson, "Epitaph on the Countesse Dowager of Pembroke" (Lansdowne MS. 777) On all the line a sudden vengeance waits,And frequent herses shall besiege your gates. Alexander Pope, "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady" (1717; revised 1720) Not even your Britain's groans can pierceThe leaden silence of your hearse. Sir Walter Scott, Marmion (1808), Introduction to Canto I, lines 108–9 External links Category:Death Category:Transport