IMMORTALITY
Clare Harner
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Do not stand
By my grave, and weep,
I am not there,
I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints in snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
When you awaken with morning's hush
I am the swift upflinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the day transcending night.
Do not stand
at my grave and cry -
I am not there,
I did not die.
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This is a work in progress. The original lyrics above will be used in the final recording.
1909-1977
Originally titled "Immortality," and first published in the December 1934 issue of The Gypsy poetry magazine. This poem has been long misattributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye.
••• BIOGRAPHY •••
~ Scored for Chamber Orchestra ~
Dent-de-Lion du Midi
Composer
Jeffri Lynn Carrington
Soprano