ext_3212 ([identity profile] the-xtina.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2007-10-22 01:04 pm

Do not stand at my grave and weep

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 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.

- Unknown, attributed to Mary Frye.

[identity profile] ravengirl.livejournal.com 2007-10-22 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
This is one of the first poems I loved as a child. :) What a nice reminder today.

[identity profile] aria-muse.livejournal.com 2007-10-22 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
in choir once i sang a really pretty arrangement with these lyrics.

[identity profile] moonglows.livejournal.com 2007-10-23 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
I like that so much.

[identity profile] barush.livejournal.com 2007-10-23 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
When I've been in England I've bought a card with this poem because I've loved it so much=) It's kinda surreal seeing it here=)