![]() ![]() (With my lips soothing thee, adding, I whisper, Then, dearest child, mournest thou only for Jupiter?Ĭonsiderest thou alone the burial of the stars? The vast immortal suns, and the long-enduring pensive moons, shall The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again–they They are immortal–all those stars, both silvery and golden, shall Jupiter shall emerge–be patient–watch again another night–the They shall not long possess the sky–shall devour the stars only in The ravening clouds shall not long be victorious, With these kisses let me remove your tears In any way that men love me, in that same way they find my love: for many are the paths of men, but they all in the end come to me. The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters ![]() Through the dark cold and the empty desolation, There is a time for the evening under starlight, Not the intense momentīut of old stones that cannot be deciphered. The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated For not as the world giveth, givest thou, O Lord of souls: that which thou givest thou takest not away: for life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only the horizon, and the horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. But as thou didst not lose them in the giving, so we do not lose them by their return. O God, who holdest all souls in life and callest them unto thee as seemeth best: we give them back, dear God, to thee who gavest them to us. "Nothing is more probable," said the Profesor, taking off his spectacles and beginning to polish them, while he muttered to himself, "I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.” “But do you really mean, Sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds-all over the place, just round the corner-like that?" A Prayer of John Donne (1572-1631)īring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light no noise nor silence, but one equal music no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity in the habitations of thy glory and dominion, world without end. People come to me for a memorial for their loved ones, and in creating a memorial I hope I also help them in their journey of bereavement the memorial can be a very important part of that journey, a part which is often overlooked. Whether you are experiencing feelings of grief, anger, guilt, celebration, thanksgiving or confusion, I hope these funeral readings help you find peace amid the turmoil. I have also made a list of funeral poems and verses and a list of memorial epitaphs. ![]() I hope you find them comforting and helpful and that through them you might find inspiration for something to put on a memorial. This is a collection of funeral readings I have either found in books or that have been suggested to me by some of my clients. ![]()
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