In Frances Cockburn's through-composed and hymn-like setting, all parts move together and the words speak powerfully for themselves.
This extremely famous poem has been read at countless funerals and public occasions. There are in existence many slightly different versions of the poem. The original poem was written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) from Baltimore, MD. As a budding blogger, aspiring author and personal development enthusiast, I hope to transform the digital community with passion, purpose and the power of words. Do not stand at my grave and weep, Mary Elizabeth Frye. The poem's authorship was eventually traced through the efforts of the American advice columnist Abigail von Buren. For more information about this work and why it was written, please. He had left a copy of it among his personal effects, in an envelope addressed to "all my loved ones". The poem became widely known in the UK after being read at the funeral of a soldier killed in Northern Ireland. But then, I found also this poem in another version, which is attributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye Do not stand at my grave and weep. At the time, she and her husband were living in Baltimore. According to recorded history, Mary wrote the poem in 1932. She circulated many copies of the poem during her lifetime, and never copyrighted it. Do not think of me as gone I am with you still in each new dawn. For today's food for thought, I am sharing the original version of the poem 'Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep' by Mary Elizabeth Frye. It was fairly recently discovered that the lines were actually written by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905 – 2004), an American woman born in Ohio and orphaned at an early age. The lyrics to this song have become a very popular text for reading at funerals, and were for a long time regarded as "anonymous".
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