That brings him back as clearly as though he were still here,Īnd fills you with the feeling that he is always near.įor if you keep those moments, you will never be apartĪnd he will live forever locked safely within your heart. Will suddenly recapture a time, an hour, a day, Let memories surround you, a word someone may say The days you spent together, all the happiness you shared. So, talk about the good times and the way you showed you cared, 'Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.' - Haruki Murakami. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' - Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 'Death ends a life, not a relationship.' - Jack Lemmon. He’d hope that you could carry on the way you always do. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.' - Khalil Gibran. You cannot grieve forever he would not want you to. Joyce Grenfell, British actress and writer (1910 – 1979)įeel no guilt in laughter, he’d know how much you care.įeel no sorrow in a smile that he is not here to share. Nor, when I’m gone, speak in a Sunday voice,īut be the usual selves that I have known. Of happy memories that I leave when life is done. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun Time takes away the edge of grief, but memory turns back every leaf. Where ever you’ll be, you’ll be in my heart. Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I have an angel in heaven watching over me She is my AUNT. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. She was inspired to write it after getting to know a young Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who had been living in the Frye home, and hadn’t been able to visit her dying mother in Germany because of anti-Semitic unrest.įrye never published or copyrighted the poem, but shared it among her friends. She originally wrote this on a brown paper bag. It’s included here as it has universal appeal. It is a poem written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye, an American born in Ohio. May the light of heaven shine on your grave.ĭo not stand at my grave and weep has universal appeal. They may be sad and moving, but they are also life-affirming and uplifting at the same time. These are some of our favourite inspirational funeral poems and blessings from Ireland and around the world. He or she lives on in our hearts and minds their memory will never die. You didnt even give us the chance to repay you for everything youve done for us, your family. God may be urged to look after the loved one who has just died, or the poem may express the much-loved view that the deceased isn’t really gone. Many other funeral poems are told from the viewpoint of the mourners. Other popular themes are asking mourners not to wear dark clothes, or speak in hushed tones, and not to be afraid to smile or laugh. So often the message is positive, urging mourners not to grieve for too long, but rather to remember the good times and to make sure they live their own lives to the full. Many are written from the perspective of the deceased leaving a message to those left behind to mourn. Funerals are, of course, the saddest of occasions, yet they often produce wonderfully warm and life-affirming poems and blessings.
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