Do Not Stand and Weep
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 wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight;
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry:
I am not there. I did not die.
Mary E. Frye 1932
Headstones of Thomas and Elizabeth Sweetman
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Emarine Jones Enix,standing, Fielding Jones, standing
Pearce Jones, left, William Green Jones, right
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