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Because I could not stop for death (Khalil Gibran)

By Khal?l Gibran

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity –

Crossing The Bar (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.

Do Not Be Afraid

Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Verse 1
When you walk through the waters I’ll be with you,
You will never sink beneath the waves.

Chorus
Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Verse 2
When the fire is burning all around you,
You will never be consumed by the flames.

Chorus
Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Verse 3
When the fear of loneliness is looming,
Then remember I am at your side.

Chorus
Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Verse 4
When you dwell in the exile of a stranger,
Remember you are precious in my eyes.

Chorus
Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Verse 5
You are mine, O my child; I am your father,
And I love you with a perfect love.

Chorus
Do not be afraid,
For I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.

Do not stand at my grave and weep (Clare Harner)

By Clare Harner

Do not stand
By my grave, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not sleep-
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the day transcending soft night.
Do not stand
By my grave, and cry-
I am not there.
I did not die.

Eternal rest prayer

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
And let the perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.

And may the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.

Amen.

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