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.

 
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CLARE HARNER
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.

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~ Scored for Chamber Orchestra ~

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Jeffri Lynn Carrington
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