“Peace My Heart” by Rabindranath Tagore
“May Time Soften Your Pain” by Author Unknown
“Turn Again To Life” by Mary Lee Hall
“Inside Our Dreams” by Jeanne Willis
“The Life That I Love” by Leo Marks
“Warm Summer Sun” by Mark Twain
“If Only” by Author Unknown
“Joy In Death” by Emily Dickinson
“For Katrina’s Sundial” by Henry Van Dyke
A SONG OF LIVING
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast. -AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR-
PEACE MY HEART
Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, 0 Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way. -RABINDRANATH TAGORE-
MAY TIME SOFTEN YOUR PAIN
In times of darkness, love sees… In times of silence, love hears... In times of doubt, love hopes… In times of sorrow, love heals... And in all times, love remembers. May time soften the pain Until all that remains Is the warmth of the memories And the love. -AUTHOR UNKNOWN-
TURN AGAIN TO LIFE
If I should die and Leave you here awhile Be not like others sore undone, Who keep long vigils By the silent dust and weep. For my sake turn again To life and smile Nerving thy heart And trembling hand to do Something to comfort Other hearts than thine. Complete these dear Unfinished Tasks of mine, And I, perchance May therein comfort you. -MARY LEE HALL-
INSIDE OUR DREAMS
Where do people go to when they die? Somewhere down below or in the sky? ‘I can’t be sure,’ said Grandad,‘but it seems They simply set up home inside our dreams.’ - JEANNE WILLIS-
THE LIFE THAT I LOVE
The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours. -LEO MARKS-
WARM SUMMER SUN
Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here, Warm southern wind, Blow softly here. Green sod above, Lie light, lie light. Good night, dear heart, Good night, good night. -MARK TWAIN-
IF ONLY
If only we could see the splendour of the land To which our loved ones are called from you and me We’d understand If only we could hear the welcome they receive From old familiar voices all so dear We would not grieve If only we could know the reason why they went We’d smile and wipe away the tears that flow And wait content. -UNKNOWN-
JOY IN DEATH
If tolling bell I ask the cause. 'A soul has gone to God,' I’m answered in a lonesome tone; Is heaven then so sad? That bells should joyful ring to tell A soul had gone to heaven, Would seem to me the proper way A good news should be given. -EMILY DICKINSON-
FOR KATRINA’S SUNDIAL
Time is too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice, But for those who love, time is Eternity. -HENRY VAN DYKE-
