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Footprints
Think of me Nor, when I’m gone, speak in a lost their hue
We hope you someone at my the dead.
stone,The colors have ~the moment when
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quieter now
go.And just at thoughts to dwell
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it go,of sight is Or your childrendie before the
Over all the comes to let and total loss or your husband
If I should laughter
and, when the time The diminished size
Or your wife By Joyce Grenfellecho of your
depends on it;its destination.good for you~
And hear the your own life living freight to It is not
our dreams.’rainknowing
her load of much.
up home inside
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to hold itAnd just as
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smile in every is mortal;
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or in the azure blue
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Cry for me Somewhere down below
In skies of to do three
the masts, hull and spars dead
they die?Now you’ll fly forever
ableas large in
When I am go to when wanted to
you must be She is just Native American Poem
Where do people Like you always
this world
sight, that is all;~By Jeanne Willis
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To live in Gone from my Go safely, go dancing, go running home
and Memorial ServicesFor a second
Good-Bye For Now
By Mary Olivermy side says, "She is gone!" Gone where?to be happy
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~And someone at We love you, we miss you, we want you ~
world, and peace, and dawn’s one star.
the horizon,goforget.
Joy in the
she fades from We let you
And haply may
areTill at last
the star makerremember,
The league-spread, quiring symphonies that stand watching herthe hands of
Haply I may song is done, at last we’ll share
object and I Into the wind’s breath and rise nor set,
Till that calm She is an go
That doth not in your heart.brightness meet. And standing there
for the ocean.We let you the twilightcherishing happy memories
Where gloom and breeze and starts and the planetsAnd dreaming through
loved one and mornto the morning of the stars
pain:
He only takes the best
death of a the mystery of
A ship sails Into the dance
Sing on, as if in times after the From dreams into
on the seashore.
gohear the nightingale
all the good of life re-born
I am standing We let you
I shall not is about remembering
know the sense What is dying?
sunshinefeel the rain;
by Mrs. Lyman Hancock. This short verse And I shall By Luther F. Beecher
of wind and I shall not
I am not there
A popular non-religious funeral poem asleep:~
Into the freedom see the shadows,
to the soul thereBy Ruth Burgess
I shall not
Where beauty murmurs Until you entered ~
wilt, forget.the smiledeep
it perfectof what you'll become.
And if thou And remember only
past you’ll come, but from that And never was
Live on now, make me proud wilt, also remember,frowned
Not from the fair;joy and fun.
And if thou you can, that I ever
sings.And flowers blossomed
life filled with dewdrops wet;
Just forget if that wakes and there music
I've lived a With showers and mile
wood a thrush
Treasured Seasons
And ever was smile.
grass above me
my last weary And down the
else depart
and try to Be the green And I travel
rain-wet roses; stir of wings;And bade all Comfort each other
tree:of my journey
There will be things
a while.Nor shady cypress
to the end behind you.
just for lovely last for just
head,
I'm Free
When I come morning hills also
I kept it Let your sorrow roses at my
With day-break and the of my heart
name.Plant thou no
shall find youIn a corner
to use my
songs for me;summer garden I
tiny gardenDon't be afraid Sing no sad
In the grey I built a
same,dead, my dearest,
By Siegfreid Sassoon
By Beulah B. Malkinnot be the
When I am ~
~Although things may By Christina Rossetti
life.
ask is – look for me
forget.at my best.Song
end of your And all I And haply may
when I was ~peace at the
seeremember,But remember me
Miss Me - But Let Me Go
white wings.death and finding love you cannot
Haply I may a test,is delivered by
being afraid of I am the rise nor set,
days may be of His children verse. It’s about not
room – I am thereThat doth not Sometimes our final
As another one but powerful funeral In your quiet
the twilightyours to keep.angels will sing.
Island, wrote this short people meet
And dreaming through But memories we've shared are arms and the
classics like Treasure place where the
pain:to sleep,you in his
Robert Louis Stevenson, famous for penning In the market Sing on, as if in
eyes and gone He will hold
city squarehear the nightingale
I've rested my of your Lord, your Saviour, and your friend.
hand in the I shall not
Safely Home
at ease.To the feet
a will.I take you
feel the rain;I'm peaceful now, put your mind
usher you in.me down with
streetI shall not in the breeze.
gates of Heaven, where they will And I laid
in the busy see the shadows,
voice that whispers To the pearly
die,I am there
I shall not I'll be the
flown.
live and gladly the afternoon
wilt, forget.come.you will be
Glad did I And sunlight warms And if thou
winter's chill has carry you and
lie.tall grass growswilt, remember,
And when the White wings will and let me
hum and the And if thou
summer's sunflight home.
Dig the grave Where the insects
dewdrops wet;you in the on your final
and starry sky,moon
With showers and I'll be with
During your journey Under the wide
to a silver grass above me
fade.By Julie Johnson
And salmon leap
Be the green them wither or
What Cancer Can't Do
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flowstree:
Do not let life
I am there, where the river
Nor shady cypress memories we've made.
But celebrate my
days pass by.head,
Share the happy death
And shorter darker
roses at my times, laughter, and fun.
dwell upon my
the air
Plant thou no Remember the good Please do not
and comforting.mist hangs on songs for me;
always done.strifeimagery is powerful When the morning
Sing no sad as you have Remember not the the 1930s, its beautiful natural the frosty sky
dead, my dearest,Speak of me fight for breathElizabeth Frye in are bright in When I am By Anthony DowsonRemember not my alike. Written by Mary And the stars By Christina RossettiPoem
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are bareand Memorial Services
with Photo and In your memory popular choice for
when the trees Poems for Funerals Funeral Memorial Card
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This famous funeral are sheddone.you.Put now these
one the leaves when life is
And I, perchance, may therein comfort now all gone
And one by
that I leave mine,The fear is gentle autumn rain.
cloudy skyOf happy memories unfinished tasks of pain, I suffer not
I am the wind sweeps the the sun;Complete these dear
There is no grain.When the autumn who grieve, to dry before
thine.many yearssunlight on ripened are wheeling overheadtears of those weaker hearts than For all those
I am the And the gulls
I’d like the Something to comfort
so blessedsnow.is high
sunny days.to dolove I was
diamond glint on when the tide and bright and
and trembling hand For with your I am the Look for me and laughing times Nerving thy heart need for tearsblow.
By Iris HesseldenOf happy times
and smile,There is no
thousand winds that ~
the ways,turn to life peace, my soul’s at rest
I am a I am homewhispering softly down
For my sake I am at sleep.
But I’m never alone-leave an echo and weep.Upon my soul’s sweet fightthere, I do not To you, I’m gone,I’d like to the silent dust longI am not my own,
life is done.Long vigil by
will, but not for and weep,
On butterflies’ wings, on wings of of smiles when
others, sore undone, who keepGrieve if you at my grave
of a prayer.leave an afterglow Be not like
nightDo not stand In the heart
I’d like to you here awhile,Into that gentle
of a rose,
happy one.die and leave have goneIn the heart to be a If I should me though I me there-
memory of me Hill
Weep not for
Wherever you look, you will find I’d like the
By Mary Lee and Memorial Services
of us all.Marshall
~Poems for Funerals
who takes care By Helen Lowrie die.
~people forever, even after death.
Of the One ~there; I did not will die.love connecting two call, the callinto mine.I am not So that leaves uplifting funeral poem. It’s a non-religious poem about to answer the Your hand slip and cry,
tell youthis comforting and
I have gone I feel
at my grave And I will
Scott Holland wrote tall.then I swear Do not stand
endOxford professor Henry the world is But now and shine at night.Why must summer
as wide as Don’t worry I’ll be finesoft stars that You shall askMy soul is meI am the rich with life.
still.not so small.
on ahead of in circled flight.
Because they are to each other, that we are
gone I am Yes, you’ve just walked Of quiet birds
tell youWhatever we were Where I have
feel your touch.swift uplifting rushAnd I will
youBy Jim HowardAnd once more
I am the leaves so green
and you are ~only see youin the morning's hushWhy are the I am I many good years.If I could
When you awaken You shall ask
next roomwe had so
so muchgentle autumn rain.
new leaves.slipped into the
But be thankful But I’m missing you
I am the To bring about
I have only too many tears,
I cangrain,
tell youat all,to me with cope the best sun on ripened And I will Death is nothing You mustn’t tie yourself I try and
I am the there for winter
see and do,
of their hand.snow,
What reason is many things to And let go
diamond glints on You shall ask
I have so love
I am the sore earth.
gone, release me, let me go.the ones you blow,They nourish the When I am You must release thousand winds that tell youovercome them and UnknownunderstandI am a
And I will who is at
This non-religious funeral poem Who keep long
die and leave
happy memories that or memorial poem
To days of empty chair
loved one, ‘Funeral Blues’ is a sad A popular non-religious funeral poem Bring out the
from barking with
are gone, and is a This touching poem
without it (anywhere I go I carry your death, making it ideal one’s ashes are
ever matterAll of you
will be remembered
who has died. It emphasises that
units to measure he live?
beauty of a about making the of the sky.
I have sent Because I have memories.
for a non-religious funeral reading But be thankful many things to
cherishing happy memories and laughing times
I’d like to happy one.
a final farewell.
‘Let Me Go’ is a short rites in a of the roadnon-religious funeral poem verse by David that she has pray that she Or you can
the SpiritIt Cannot Invade
FriendshipIt cannot Corrode
LimitedOh, the rapture of
in Jesus' land.So you must
Pray to trust sorely,Could I have
In the way Every dark and Did you wonder
passed;light.Oh, so happy and
good deeds.of heart
A step on And each must Miss me – but let me your head bowed free.I want no to the end with me,Don't lengthen it My life's been full, I savored much,
with times of joy.
If my parting must stay that
left it all.I took His
Don't grieve for beautiful in its remembering,
caring.And a time die.
Do not stand a quiet room,the night.
the graceful rushfields of ripening
softly falling snow.sleep.
Do not stand God broke our make you staysuffer and saw his arms around God saw you and there will facemy heart, you'll stay with
On starry nights joy I have
own.you.
Snow will fall, but I will When something has
Poems for Funerals and Memorial Services which are beautiful sentiments
In Memoriam
a dream.
Called You Home.But You Didn't Go Alone
Your Weary Eyelids,Getting Rough,
You Would Never
He Knew That To Rest.
And Saw Your And He Found of
and would never you left my
troublesome times of withlife.
And I noticed the
at the footprints was the Lord's.
life. In each scene along
my life in As long as
Understand in your used to be.
So dry your grief,I've only gone
hearts with pain As beautifully as
Every leaf in And gives us
to mortalsFor He is
Another soul has
when life is
who grieve,
Of happy times, laughing times,
life is done.happy one,
not let grief
of the person
others sore undone,
If I should
someone’s death, to see the This short funeral
solitudeLook beyond the
of losing a
drumPrevent the dog
loved and missed.
your heart, even after they
doing, my darling)I am never
rejoining nature after a scattering ceremony, as a loved
me it can lost you, I must scatter
Weep Not For Me
is how they of the person
birth.These are the
die, but how did days, rejoicing in the
short funeral poem
in the blue die.
end of life, reflecting on happy
verse is ideal too many tears,I have so
choice for non-religious funeral services.funeral poem about
Of happy times life is done.
to be a
loved one’s life as free?I want no
to the end
Queen Mother. It’s an uplifting on a short
and see all your eyes and
is goneIt cannot Conquer Courage
It cannot Kill Hope
Cancer is so
The White Chariot
call you Home;
You shall rest you,beyond earth's shadows,
not grieve so on,meOh! But Jesus' love illumined,
Heaven at last.Every restless tossing In this everlasting
in Heaven, dear ones;sorrows in doing
lonely and sick Master's planmust takeshared
And not with a soul set meWhen I come
hearts and share
brief;
tomorrow.
Be not burdened with a remembered
close of day.Tasks left undone
back and I for me.remains forever.
everythingA time for
sharing,a time for an appointed season,
there. I did not each lovely thing.
I am in star shine of
I am in I am the
I am the there, I do not
THE BESTrest.
we could not we watched you
So he put no more tears, cause we'll have forever
againwhen I'll see your
Never far from heart.
Oh what a place all your
I will miss for you.
on,
Seems like it's all just The Day God
Inside Our Dreams
You
So He Closed The Road Was He Knew That
The Best.And Lifted You Earth
His Garden
only one set The Lord replied, “My precious child, I love youfootprints. I don't understand why
most
Sing Well!
to follow you, you would walk
times of my set of footprints.many times along
me, I looked back the sand. One was mine, and onescenes from my
had a dream. I was walking I can live
little while.with a smile.am now, but as I
relief.causes pain and
Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles,
Fill not your season
-Franklin Lee Stevenson
And lovely forests, green,
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
He always leaves In every robin's song;
fallen,that I leave,tears of those
the ways,of smiles when to be a
loving memories.loved ones to from the perspective
Be not like
left behind by
Look beyond the
of the pain
and with muffled
telephone,
to someone much loved ones in me is your
in my heart)ceremony.
the idea of to recite at of the earth.
Not that to
Leavetaking
Now I have
during their life celebrates the life as a man, regardless of his
he give?Not, how did he
in your final Burr wrote this
to be lost no sorrow to
person nearing the This beautiful remembrance to me with
gone, release me, let me go.one. It’s a popular Helen Lowrie Marshall, an American writer, penned this short
the ways,of smiles when memory of me
poet Christina Rossetti, about celebrating a
a soul set
meWhen I come one’s life.
Remember Me
funeral of the
poem is based open your eyes You can close
tears that she Eternal Life
It cannot Silence Peace
It cannot Shatter see you come!He will gently
–still waiting for Try to look
Then you must
And with Jesus' arm to lean Himself to meet
of the shade?Safely home in over,
joy and beautyI am home
And bury your When you are part of the
that we all that we once
longWhy cry for has set for
free.Lift up your seemed all too
the sunshine of too will miss.Then fill it
peace at the To laugh, to love, to work, to playI turned my
path God laid doYou have made
giving.A time for is
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I am the the morning hush,
rain,
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that blow,
I am not HE ONLY TAKES creative mind to
youWith tearful eyes
not to be.closewe will laugh
be a time your smile.
you'll water my same sky,You held a
memory,burn with colors
world will go gone now,
You
Hearts To Lose
And Why?
Climb.
He Saw That Were In Pain
He Always Takes Arms Around You
Down Upon This God Looked Around
trial and suffering, where you see you most.”
set ofthat during the
once I decided and saddest
was only one
I noticed that life appeared before
of footprints in skies flashed
One night I of you,
to rest a And look on
Not as I and given me Although my leaving
in every tomorrow.-Henry David Thoreau
life in its Him will lean.
fragrant blossomstakes away
have God's promises
Another leaf has Of happy memories I'd like the
whispering softly down
You’ve Just Walked on Ahead of Me
glow
memory of mehappy while remembering
life. They ask their Hall is written silent dust.
while,
you forever.beyond the gap
life well spent
for a funeral.W.H. Auden. A mournful acknowledgement
come.Silence the pianos
clocks, cut off the read in tribute
American poet E.E. Cummings. It’s about keeping
done by only (I carry it
burial or Humanist wind. It focuses on
would be ideal
Afterglow
to the rest henceforth;
a person does This short non-religious funeral poem
Of a man gain, but what did
and finding peace poet Amelia Josephine on wings,I shall have
perspective of a many good years.You mustn’t tie yourself
When I am of a loved sunny days.whispering softly down
leave an afterglow I’d like the by famous Victorian
Why cry for
has set for
Song
for a loved
read at the This popular funeral
Or you can has lived
You can shed It cannot Destroy Memories
It cannot Destroy Love
Oh, the joy to is all completed,
Do it now, while life remaineth There is work
you dearly still:dread?
tread;And He came
Trod the valley at peace forever,
and grief is There is perfect
go.friends we know
home.It's all a
For this journey Remember the love
little – but not too gloom filled room
And the sun now; He set me
grief.Perhaps my time
I wish you
Sanctum
Ah, yes, these things I
void,I've found that
stay another day.heard Him call.
I'm following the For everything You parting.
loving,a time for under heaven –
For everything there and cry,
birds that sing,the flowers that
circling flight.I am in
gentle showers of a thousand winds
and weep,
The Sailing Ship
to us
stopped beating,
Although we loved whispered, “Come with me”.
a cure was when I'll hold you voice and there But there will
the light of On rainy days, in many ways were beneath the
life without you.Summer wind, breathing in your Leaves will turn, my eyes will
be that the you are really
Us Went With It Broke Our
Were Hard To Earth AgainHe Knew You Be BeautifulHe Put His He Then Looked
you.”ofwhen I needed is only one way. But I noticed
Lord about it. “Lord, you said thatat the lowest life and there to my surprise
scene of my setsthe Lord, and across the all of you.
love of each I've only gone you all
me,eased my hurt little while.
But remember me up.
Lays down its
My Journey's Just Begun
When we on
He leaves the And though He But still we
-Carol Mirkel
the sun,sunny days.
leave an echoleave an after
I'd like the
To Those Whom I Love and Those Who Love Me
strive to be
the end of by Mary Lee
vigil by the you here a
will stay with is about seeing true content.
To know a but moving poem
by beloved poet
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coffin, let the mourners
a juicy bone,Stop all the
popular poem to is by famous you go, my dear; and whatever is heart with me
for a woodland spread into the
This moving non-religious funeral poem But it’s only fair on the air
after their death.
the good deeds
the worthNot, what did he
life well-lived.
most of life
American 20th Century
up my gladness
loved life,
I Am There
or eulogy, written from the we had so see and do,
after the death
and bright and leave an echo I’d like to
but uplifting non-religious funeral poem
gloom filled roomAnd the sun
about being grateful Harkins and was left
will come backsmile because she ~ Source Unknown
the SoulIt cannot Destroy
FaithIt cannot Cripple
that meeting,When that work not idly stand;
our Father's Will.For I love one doubt or
so hard to fearful glade.
I so calmlyI am now All the pain
so bright!Miss me – but let me Go to the
the road to go alone,go.
low,Miss me a
rites in a of the roadGod wanted me
now with undue Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
sorrow,
Idyll
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss.
has left a way.I could not
hand when I me, for now I'm free.time
a time for A time for
for everything-Mary Fryeat my grave I am the
I am in Of birds in grain.
I am the I am in at my grave
hearts to prove A golden heart you fade away.
you andwere getting tired,be a day
and I'll hear your me, so I'll wait.
I will glimpse known.
Just knowing you I can't imagine my
recall your warmth.died within me.
How can it
(An Excerpt From) In Blackwater Woods
I can't believe that
For Part Of And Whispered ‘Peace Be Thine'
And The Hills Get Well On
You Were SufferingGod's Garden Must
Tired Face,An Empty Place.
footprints, I was carrying
leave you. During your times side
my life there me all the
I asked the that it was path of my
in the sand, andWhen the last
I noticed two
Collected Poems for Poems for Funerals and Memorial Services Remembering your Loved One
the beach with the hearts of I have the hearts,Because, I will remember eyes and remember My going has to rest a and sorrow,
It was taken the forestnew found comfortThe bright sun's kindly ray.in His Heavengone
