Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Mary Elizabeth Frye

Source Information

• Author: Mary Elizabeth Frye
• Type: Poetry
• Theme: Death, transcendence, comfort

The Poem

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 sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there; I did not die

~ Mary Elizabeth Frye

Poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye