Those who are members of the resurrection, waiting to be resurrected once again with Christ. It basically points out that those who have died and consider themselves safe while awaiting resurrection, are underground and experience nothing of what is found on the surface. Because in the next stanza, he goes on to say that years like these hopefuls in the land wait for Heaven. Stating that nothing matters anymore, that “Diademi-leave-” and “And the Doges-surrender_”. Perhaps it means that all forms of materialism of any kind are now lost, that nothing has meaning for them anymore. Which are now just “Silent as dots, on a disk of snow”. Perhaps referring to the fact that those who have died will be as one in Heaven, equal and equal, like small dots on a disk of
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