Her suffering ended with the day;
Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed the long, long night away,
In statue-like repose. But when the sun, in all his state,
Illumed the eastern skies,
She passed through glory’s morning-gate,
And walked in Paradise!
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
A beautiful funeral poem by Romantic poet John Clare, suitable for religious and non-religious funeral services.