Say Not, They Die, Those Splendid Souls
Say not, they die, those splendid souls,
Whose life is winged with purpose fine;
Who leave us, pointed to the goals;
Who learn to conquer and resign.
Such cannot die; they vanquish time,
And fill the world with glowing light,
Making the human life sublime
With memories of their secret might.
They cannot die whose lives are part
Of the great life that is to be;
Whose hearts beat with the world’s great heart,
And throb with its high intensity.
Those souls are great, who, dying, gave
A gift of greater life to man;
Death stands abashed before the brave;
They own a life death cannot ban.
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No Night Without
There is no night without a dawning
No winter without a spring
And beyond the dark horizon
Our hearts will once more sing
For those who leave us for a while
Have only gone away
Out of a restless, care worn world
Into a brighter day
Helen Steiner Rice
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Home In Heaven
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! but Jesus’ arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still;
Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,
Pray to trust our Father’s Will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth
You shall rest in Jesus’ land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
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If I Could
If I could have a lifetime wish
a dream that would come true
I’d pray to God with all my heart
for yesterday and you.
A thousand words can’t bring you back
I know because I’ve tried
And neither will a million tears
I know because I’ve cried.
You left behind my broken heart
and happy memories too
I never wanted memories…
I only wanted you.
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Didn’t Get To Say Goodbye
We’re devastated that you’re gone.
We would have done anything
to keep you here with us,
Right here where you belong.
We didn’t know that life would take
such an unexpected path;
That you’d be separated from us so soon.
Heartbreaking reality we struggle to grasp,
and bitter though our loss has been.
So profound is the pain that we bear,
we’re sadder still at no chance for goodbye.
No final expression of our deep love and care.
First, know that you were loved
in the truest of ways;
So deep that only our hearts can give expression.
Please know that you’ll be cherished
by each one of us.
And though we’ll miss you terribly
We want your Spirit to be free; free to
enjoy all the wonders of Heaven,
not bound to us in our grief.
So watch over us with happiness
from Heaven …
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Angel Babies
When God calls little children
to dwell with him above
We mortals sometime question
the wisdom of His love
For no heartache compares with ,
the death of one small child
Who does so much to make our world,
seem wonderful and mild
perhaps God tires of calling
the aged to his fold
So he picks a rosebud
before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them
and so he takes but few
To make the land of heaven
more beautiful to view
believing this is difficult,
still somehow we must try.
The saddest word mankind
knows will always be “Goodbye”
So when a child departs,
we who are left behind
Must realize God loves children
“Angels are hard to find”
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