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Leave untended the herd, The flock without shelter; Leave the corpse uninterred, The bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges; Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

These received decent burial, but the others, lying uninterred as they had fallen, became a prey to the wild beasts of the prairie.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Wood, Louis Aubrey

And instantly upon being girdled, he proceeded to take part in the ceremony of closing the cave; his predecessor yet remaining uninterred on the purple mat where he died.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

They say the Battery's awful bad,' and he hummed dolorously, Leave the what at the what's-its-name, Leave the flock without shelter, Leave the corpse uninterred, Leave the bride at the altar!

From Under the Deodars by Kipling, Rudyard

The most ancient writings have allusions to the shamefulness of a corpse lying uninterred.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various