Memorial Verses
Gentle, secular verses about memory, love and letting go — with no religious wording.
When I come to the end of the road,And the sun has set for me,I want no rites in a gloom filled room,Why cry for a soul set free.Miss me a little, but not too long,And not with your head bowed low.Remember the love that we once shared,Miss me but let me go.· · ·
Do not stand at my grave and weep,I am not there. I do not sleep,I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glints on snow,I am the sunlight on ripened grain,I am the gentle autumn rain,When you awaken in the morning’s hush,I am the swift uplifting rush,· · ·
I am standing on the seashore.A ship at my side spreads her white sailsto the morning breeze and starts out for the blue ocean.She is an object of beauty and I stand and watch heruntil at length she fades on the far horizon.Then someone at my side says, “There, she has gone.”Gone where? Gone from my sight — that is all.She is just as large in mast, hull and spar· · ·
When I must leave you for a little while,Please do not grieve and shed wild tearsAnd hug your sorrow to you through the years,But start out bravely with a gallant smile,And for my sake and in my name,Live on and do all things the same.Feed not your loneliness on empty days,But fill each waking hour in useful ways,· · ·
Don’t think of him as gone away,His journey’s just begun,Life holds so many facets,This earth is only one.Just think of him as restingFrom the sorrows and the tears,In a place of warmth and comfortWhere there are no days and years.· · ·
They say there is a reason,They say that time will heal,But neither time nor reason,Will change the way we feel,For no one knows the heartacheThat lies beyond our smiles,No one knows how many timesWe have broken down and cried,· · ·
I’d like the memory of meto be a happy one.I’d like to leave an afterglowof smiles when life is done.I’d like to leave an echowhispering softly down the ways,Of happy times and laughing timesand bright and sunny days.· · ·
Death is nothing at all —I have only slipped away into the next room.Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.Call me by my old familiar name,speak to me in the easy way which you always used.Life means all that it ever meant.All is well.
When tomorrow starts without me,And I’m not there to see;If the sun should rise and find your eyes,All filled with tears for me;I wish so much you wouldn’t cry,The way you did today,While thinking of the many thingsWe didn’t get to say.· · ·
Distance takes us far apart,And darkens my today.I have to keep remembering —You’re just a thought away.And though you’re not beside me,I can tap into my heart,And draw upon the warmth and loveThat lives when we’re apart.
A light from our household has gone,A voice we loved is stilled,A place is vacant in our home,That never can be filled.
No matter how life changes,No matter what we do,A special place within our heartsIs always kept for you.
Loved with a love beyond all telling,Missed with a grief beyond all tears.
Each time we look at your picture,You seem to smile and say,Don’t be sad but courage take,And love each other for my sake.
They shall grow not old,As we that are left grow old,Age shall not weary them,Nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sunAnd in the morning,We will remember them.
Lonely is the home without you,Life to us is not the same;All the world would be like Heaven,If we could have you back again.
It was a sudden parting,Too bitter to forget,Only those who loved youAre the ones who will never forget.
Your life was one of kindly deeds,A helping hand for other’s needs,Sincere and true in heart and mind,Beautiful memories left behind.
A silent grief that’s in our hearts,No human eye can trace,For many a broken heart is hidBeneath a smiling face.
The happy hours we once enjoyed,How sweet their memory still,But death has left a vacant placeThis world can never fill.
Perhaps you sent a lovely card,Or sat quietly in a chair.Perhaps you sent a funeral spray,If so we saw it there.Perhaps you spoke the kindest words,As any friend could say.Perhaps you were not there at all,Just thought of us that day.· · ·
We hold you close within our hearts,And there you shall remain,To walk with us throughout our livesUntil we meet again.
We miss your smile, your joking ways,We miss the things you used to say,And when the old times we do recall,It’s then we miss you most of all.
A grandmother's love is like no other,Patient, wise and true,Though she is gone to Heaven now,Her love still shines on you.
We miss your stories by the fire,Your baking and your smile,Your gentle hands, your patient ways,That made each day worthwhile.Though you are gone, your love remains,A blessing we recall,Our cherished granny, loved so much,The dearest of us all.
Grandad, your garden and your stories,Your quiet steady ways,Live on within our memory,Through all our coming days.
We remember the man who taught us so much,With his steady hand and his gentle touch,The stories he told and the wisdom he gave,Will live in our hearts beyond the grave.
Two hearts as one, forever kind,Our grandparents live on in mind,Their love still guides us every day,Though they have gently passed away.
We think of you together,As you always used to be,Side by side through all the years,Now side by side for eternity.
A son so loved, so quickly gone,Leaves a heartache no one can heal,Yet memories of the joy he brought,Are treasures we will always feel.
A daughter is a gift of love,That never fades away,Though you are gone, dear one, from us,You're with us every day.
A daughter's love lives on forever,In every memory, every prayer,Though gone from sight, never from mind,Forever in our care.
To the world you were my husband,To me you were the world,I miss you more than words can say,My flag of love, unfurled.
A loving husband, a steady hand,A partner through the years,Now gone from sight but not from heart,Held close through joy and tears.
To the world you were my wife,To me you were my world,Your loving smile, your gentle ways,Forever will unfold.
We shared a home, a life, a love,That nothing could divide,Though you are gone, my dearest wife,You're always by my side.
A brother, a friend, a heart so true,We miss you more than words can do.
No one can fill the space you left,No words express our pain,But every happy memory,Means you're with us again.
A sister's love, a sister's care,A bond that lasts beyond compare.
No distance and no time apart,Could ever break a sister's heart,Though you are gone, we feel you near,Our sister, always, always dear.
A friend like you comes once in life,And stays forever in the heart.
True friends are the rarest gift,That life can ever send,We were blessed to call you ours,Our dear and faithful friend.
Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís.There will never be another like them.
So suddenly you left us,Without a word of goodbye,Our hearts were shattered in a moment,But our love will never die.
It was not the way we planned to part,No last word, no gentle sigh,But you left behind such precious love,That will never say goodbye.
Remember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;When you can no more hold me by the hand,Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.Yet if you should forget me for a whileAnd afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leaveA vestige of the thoughts that once I had,· · ·
I cannot say, and I will not sayThat he is dead. He is just away.With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,He has wandered into an unknown land.
Grief is the price we pay for love,and every tear we shedis a memory of the joyyou gave us while you lived.
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,Nor the furious winter’s rages;Thou thy worldly task hast done,Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages.
Like the tide upon the shore,You came and went too soon;But the sand will always hold the shapeOf a heart that loved us true.
The garden gate still swings ajar,The roses still climb high;And every bloom you planted thereRemembers you, as I.
Your chair sits by the fire still,Your coat hangs in the hall;The house is full of little thingsThat help us to recallThe kindness of your quiet ways,The laughter and the light;We miss you more than words can sayEach morning and each night.
A life well lived, a job well done,A heart of gold, a gentle one;Rest easy now, your race is run.
Walk on, walk on, the fields are green,The hills where you once stood;We’ll find you in the morning light,And all things kind and good.
The light that shone in all you didHas not gone out — it livesIn every life you touched with love,In all the love it gives.
Those we love don’t go away,They walk beside us every day;Unseen, unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very dear.
Gone from our sight,but never from our hearts.
Loved beyond words,missed beyond measure.
Forever loved,forever missed,forever in our hearts.
A gentle soul,at rest at last.
What we have once enjoyedwe can never lose;all that we love deeplybecomes a part of us.
Quietly rememberedevery day.
Your life was a blessing,your memory a treasure.
A mother’s love is like a lightThat never fades away;It warmed us through our childhood yearsAnd guides us still today.
We had a mother, kind and true,No better in this world we knew;Her hands so busy, heart so warm,Our shelter through each passing storm.
Her kitchen was the heart of home,The kettle always on;And though the house is quiet now,Her love is never gone.
Thank you for the times you listened,Thank you for the times you cared,Thank you for the prayers you whispered,And the life that we all shared.Thank you for your patient kindness,For the strength that saw us through;Mam, there’s not a day that passesThat we do not think of you.
A mother is someoneyou can never replace;a love that timecan never erase.
A quiet man, a gentle man,A father strong and true;He never sought a word of praiseFor all the things he’d do.
Those hands that worked from dawn to dark,That mended, built and grew,Are resting now — their work is done,And we give thanks for you.
You were our guide, our steady rock,The calm in every storm;Your wisdom kept us on the road,Your laughter kept us warm.And though you’ve gone where we can’t follow,Not yet, but by and by,We carry all you taught us, Dad —Your love will never die.
A great man,a loving father,deeply missed.
Dad, your hand held oursfor a little while,your heart for ever.
Some come to us for just a while,Some only for a day;But small feet leave the deepest printsThat never fade away.
Precious one, so loved, so small,You were the dearest gift of all.
We had too little time with you,Too few the days we shared;But all the love a heart can holdWas yours, and you were caredFor every moment you were here,And every moment since;Our child, our joy, our shining star,We’ve loved you ever since.
Held for a moment,loved for a lifetime.
Nana’s love was warm and wide,Her door was never shut;Her tea, her stories by the fire,Her blessings and her luck.
Grandad, with your kindly ways,Your stories and your smile,You made the whole world biggerFor every little child.
We’ll walk the lanes you walked with usAnd tell the tales you told;For love like yours, dear Grandad,Never does grow old.
Grandparents hold our tiny handsFor just a little while,But hold our hearts for everWith their wisdom and their smile.
You were the roots that held us firm,The branches where we grew;Our family tree will always bloomWith love that came from you.
Our son, our pride, our joy, our boy,No words can say how much;We miss your laugh, your easy way,Your voice, your gentle touch.
A son, a brother,a friend to all —forever loved.
You were taken far too soon,With so much left to do;But in the short time you were hereThe whole world knew of you.
Our daughter, bright as morning sun,So loving and so kind;The light you brought into our livesWill never stay behind.
Our beautiful daughter,forever in our hearts.
A mother, a daughter,a sister, a friend —a love that has no end.
You were my husband and my friend,My partner through the years;You shared my joys and calmed my fearsAnd dried away my tears.
Devoted husband,loving father,gone but never forgotten.
The years we shared were precious ones,Too quickly did they go;But every one I’d live againBecause I loved you so.
Beloved wife,devoted mother,treasured always.
A brother is a gift for life,A friend through thick and thin;We’ll miss the mischief and the laugh,The fun you always brought in.
A brother’s loveis never lost —it lives in every one of us.
A sister’s love is gentle, deep,A bond that time can’t break;We’ll hold you close in all we doAnd love you for your sake.
Sisters by birth,friends by heart,never apart.
A friend is one who knows your heartAnd loves you just the same;The world is poorer now you’re gone,But richer for your name.
Goodbye, old friend, the road was goodWe travelled side by side;I’ll raise a glass, I’ll say a prayer,And keep you close inside.
True friends are never far apart,Though miles or years divide;For friendship lives within the heart,And there you will abide.
A true friend,a kind heart,a life that touched so many.
We did not get to say goodbye,No time to hold your hand;The loss was sudden, deep and hard,Too hard to understand.But love does not need final words,It knew, and knows you still;And in our hearts you live on now,And always, always will.
Taken suddenly,loved eternally.
Ní imeoidh tú uainn choíche,beidh tú i gcónaí inár gcroí.(You will never leave us;you will always be in our hearts.)
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