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Verse for Lyn "If"

Bernard67Arnold

Bernard67Arnold

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Hello again, this a little verse someone sent me, my son Paul liked it and read it at his Moms funeral, take
care now Bernard, IF, if on the morrow I should die, do not greive for me or cry, I ve lived my life and had
some fun, now my span on earth is done. IF there is no life up there I will not know, nor will I care.If there
is life like some folk say, then we will meet again one day.
 
oh bernard that is a lovely verse...i think i will have that read at steves funeral...

thank you..

lyn x
 
I'm not normally one for verse, but i do think that that one is soothing and very appropriate
mike
 
Lovely verse, I will add it to my collection. The following has given me great comfort in the past

True love is forever, not just for life,
Be it a Parent, Husband, Child or Wife.
Grieve not forever, and not over me,
Your grief is for self, for now I am free.
But always I'm with you, tho' don't hold too tight,
You must let me go to reach for the light.
Remember the living, they need your love too,
Add mine to your loving and they'll help you pull through,
This parting is transient, our love cannot die,
So smile and be happy, it hurts when you cry.
Think of me always with joy not with tears,
For all of the happiness shared through the years.


My thoughts are with all those who are missing a loved one at this time.
 
Very nice poems, Bernard and geofred.

I think words like these are soothing and take the sharp edge of pain away at times of bereavement.

My beliefs are such that I don't want a 'funeral' in the accepted sense, but a rememberance of a life lived.
I want the following read out at the event, the first time I heard it it moved me appreciably.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
 
It is credited to Mary Elizabeth Frye (nee Clarke, 1905-2004), an American housewife.

The following was taken from The London Magazine December / January 2005:
"Mary Elizabeth Frye nee Clark was born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 13th 1905. She dies on September 15th 2004. Mary Frye, who was living in Baltimore at the time, wrote the poem in 1932. She had never written any poetry, but the plight of a German Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf,who was staying with her and her husband, inspired the poem. She wrote it down on a brown paper shopping bag.
Margaret Schwarzkopf had been worrying about her mother, who was ill in Germany. The rise of Anti-Semitism had made it unwise for her to join her mother. When her mother died, she told Mary Frye she had not had the chance to stand by her mother's grave and weep.
Mary Frye circulated the poem privately. Because she never published or copyrighted it, there is no definitive version. She wrote other poems, but this, her first, endured. Her obituary in The Times made it clear that she was the undisputed author this famous poem, which has been recited at funerals and on other appropriate occasions around the world for seventy years. A 1996 Bookworm poll named it the Nation's Favourite Poem"

And here is a link to the Times Obituary.
 
what a lovely verse Geofred I have copied out for my wife Anne my boy is at present in harms way he's in the para's, a hard man and a PTI and this would be his sentiments exactly, thankyou.
paul
 
I think the point all of these poems is, the departed wouldn't want their passing to bring sadness and grief, but the (happy) memory of them lives on as often as anyone who knew them thinks about them.
That's what I would want, anyway.
 
Lloyd said:
Very nice poems, Bernard and geofred.

I think words like these are soothing and take the sharp edge of pain away at times of bereavement.

My beliefs are such that I don't want a 'funeral' in the accepted sense, but a rememberance of a life lived.
I want the following read out at the event, the first time I heard it it moved me appreciably.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
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This is the one I find very comforting. It helped me when my mum died last year and when a neighbour died recently I found a card with it on which his wife later said helped her too.
 
Thank you all for the comforting words and Lloyd for pointing out who wrote that poem. I hope they will comfort Lyn in her hour of need. Jean.
 
They are all lovely poems and very poignant. Here's one I saw on an order of service, I think there are a couple of versions of it:

When I have come to the end of the road, and the sun has set for me
I want no tears in a gloom filled room, why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little but not too long and not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that we once shared, miss me but let me go
For this is a journey we all must take, and each must go alone
It's all part of a greater plan, a step on the road to home
So when you're lonely and sick of heart go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds, miss me but let me go.
 
Hi Jean went into Tesco this morning, was walking past the DVD+CDs when I saw a CD by Katherine Jenkins
price £3. Had a look it was called"Living A Dream" and was recorded in 2005.The last but one track was
the verse posted by Lloyd. Have always been a fan so in the trolly it went.Am playing it now,Beautiful!!!
Bernard
 
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