Funeral Poems & Readings

Intimations of Immortality

A funeral poem for comfort during unsettling times

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Intimations of Immortality

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now forever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.

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