Songs of the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder)

As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, ...

The loss of a loved one is so hard to face. You just want to hide, go somewhere and escape! But death is something we ...

Love means to learn to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many. And whoever ...

I know we are all feeling a little bit sad That we’ve lost our Grandpa, our friend, and our dad. Together we have cried an ...

“Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever, fare _thee well_, Even though unforgiving, never ‘Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Yet, O, yet thyself deceive ...

A light went out on Earth for me The day we said goodbye And on that day a star was born, The brightest in the ...

Said she, ‘I will not live with grief from morrow unto morrow. My heart cries out for some relief, ‘Good-bye, my little sorrow.’ She closed ...

light a candle, see it glow, watch it dance, when you feel low, think of me, think of light, I’ll always be here, day or ...

No words I write could ever say How sad and empty I feel today. The angels came for you Much sooner than I planned. I’ll ...

O soft embalmer of the still midnight, Shutting, with careful Fingers and benign, Our gloom-pleas‘d eyes, Embower‘d from the light, Enshaded in forgetfulness divine: O ...

Oh Father, can you hear me? I’m sending a prayer your way, I’m clutching hard to my faith, as mom taught me, As she draws ...

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, ...

All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal: and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal ...

You lived your life thinking that no one cared. You thought you were all alone, your heart feeling tattered. I am here to tell you ...

Life is but a stopping place, A pause in what’s to be, A resting place along the road, to sweet eternity. We all have different ...