Immortality (Do Not Stand By My Grave and Weep)

[Buttoneer]

"Do not stand
By my grave, and weep,
I am not there,
I do not sleep--

I am the thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints in snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning's hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the day transcending night.

Do not stand
By my grave, and cry--
I am not there,
I did not die."
-Clare Harner

[padfun]

1. Some sources say this is written by Mary Elizabeth Frye. (Ipdated)

Written by Mary Elizabeth Frye in the 1930's, 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep' is a popular poem to be read at funeral services. Its words bring comfort to readers as it shows that the person who has died lives on in our memories.

EDIT: Then I found this...Often attributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye, recent research suggests she plagiarized it from Clare Harner.

[tanyev]

2. A gorgeous musical arrangement sung by the boys choir Libera: