Sad Poem, does anyone know it.

[Nicksgirl]

After losing our beautiful Myrtle Friday week, now my poor friend has lost her Bull Terrier.

There is a lovely poem, all I can say is it says, I am not dead, I did not die... but it is not the poem that starts... Do not Stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep …

Can anyone help please. Thank you. xxx

[meboo]

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

It is thought to be by Mary Elizabeth Frye

en.m.wikipedia/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Frye

[SussexFamily]

Originally Posted by meboo

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

It is thought to be by Mary Elizabeth Frye

en.m.wikipedia/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Frye

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So comforting this. Thank you.

[Nicksgirl]

Originally Posted by meboo

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

It is thought to be by Mary Elizabeth Frye

en.m.wikipedia/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Frye

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Sorry this is not the one. x

[Colette-S]

Could it be this?

[Nicksgirl]

Originally Posted by Colette-S

Could it be this?

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Col, that's lovely and thank you but that's not it. I am sure I read it on the Dibb once, now starting to think I am imagining it.

Searched everywhere.

[amy56]

When my mum died in November , beside her bed I found two similar copies of the ‘Do not sit by my grave and weep’ poem, I’ll try to post a photo of the other one, which I used at her funeral- I didn’t want the grave one as she was cremated so didn’t fit for me - it might be this one? Xx

[Colette-S]

Originally Posted by Nicksgirl

Col, that's lovely and thank you but that's not it. I am sure I read it on the Dibb once, now starting to think I am imagining it.

Searched everywhere.

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There is a version of that for pets

[Dr.JumbaJookiba]

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

Source: familyfriendpoems/po...-scott-holland

[Colette-S]

Do you have pintrest Tracy? There are a lot on there and some really beautiful words