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"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" is a 1913 poem written by the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy and included in his 1914 collection Satires of Circumstance.[1] The poem is presented as a conversation between a deceased woman and someone who is digging at her grave. The woman repeatedly guesses the identity of the digger, only to be told that each guess--her "loved one," a member of her family, and her enemy--has forgotten her since her death. The digger finally reveals himself to be her dog, but explains that he too has forgotten her and is only digging to bury a bone. Thus, the poem suggests that human beings lapse into insignificance after death.
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edit- Text of the poem: http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Thomas_Hardy/2670