Tribute

The final episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” airs tonight.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone.
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum,
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
…
The stars are not wanted now, put out every one.
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

- excerpted from “Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden

Other tributes:
The Weekly Standard
The L.A. Times
TV Guide