But I’ve a rendezvous with Death dear father! From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell; Nay, if you read this line, remember not. Many poets depict death as a journey or adventure that one embarks on at the end of life. Blow softly here. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weakness and all prejudice against my fellow man. Many people find the poem, “To Those Whom I Love & Those Who Love Me” comforting at funerals. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. On a sheer peak of joy we meet; Walk the deck my Captain lies, Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. I have only slipped into the next room I am the sunlight on ripened grain. (Do not stand at my grave and cry. And don't call this my deathbed. I've rested my eyes and gone to sleep, But memories we've shared are yours to keep. And dreaming through the twilight Be the green grass above me In this post we offer a short summary and analysis of ‘When I am dead… It may be I shall pass him still. JSTOR ( August 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) When I am dead, Cry for me a little, Think of me sometimes. I cannot speak, but I can listen. So grieve for me a while, if grieve you must, I have a rendezvous with Death If we take one step amiss. My goal is that after I am dead and gone, I want people to remember me for the person I am. The times we laughed. Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. You're voting too often. I stand and watch her until at length Exult O shores, and ring O bells! Think of me now and again. Gospel funeral music has a way of helping those who are in, When a new pet comes into our household, they can bring joy and love along with the added responsibility. Her ‘Song’, beginning ‘When I am dead, my dearest’, remains one of her best-loved poems. heart! It pictures death as an old friend, rather than something to be feared, which might be of some comfort to those in mourning. Shiny and sparkly And splendidly bright Here one day Gone one night. Sing no sad songs for me; As you walk with grief; He explains that the ship disappearing behind the horizon doesn’t mean that the ship is gone; it’s only gone from the perspective of the person on the shore watching it. Psalm 23, also known as “The Lord is my Shepherd” comes from the Book of Psalms and is one of the most common reading at Christian funerals. Who remembers. let the sea still be mad The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital; busily occupied with the living and the dying. Life means all that it ever meant. When I Am Dead, My Dearest. Forget that I've stumbled and blundered Do not hurry And that is dying. And if you need me, call and I will come. 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