I Am Only In The Next Room Funeral Poem

Death is nothing at all canon henry scott holland uk 1847 1918 death is nothing at all.

I am only in the next room funeral poem.

I have only slipped into the next room i am i and you are you whatever we were to each other that we are still. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed. Death is nothing at all canon henry scott holland uk 1847 1918. Call me by my old familiar name.

A short funeral poem by helen lowrie marshall about happy memories living on after a loved one has gone. All is well is a very moving funeral poem by henry scott holland. I am i and you are you. Whatever we were to each other that we are still.

Paul s cathedral of london did not intend it as a poem it was actually delivered as part of a sermon in 1910. I have only slipped away to the next room. The sermon titled death the king of terrors was preached while the body of king edward vii was lying in state at westminster. Death is nothing at all.

I am i and you are you. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Whatever we were to each other that we are still. This poem is often read at funerals.

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Call me by the old familiar name. Whatever we were to each other that we still are.

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. I have used it many times as well as an enclosure in a sympathy letter. Put no difference in your tone wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. The author henry scott holland 1847 1918 a priest at st.

Call me by my old familiar name speak to me in the easy way which you always used. I am i and you are you. Put no difference into your tone. I am i and you are you.

I have only slipped away into the next room. I have only slipped away into the next room i am i and you are you whatever we were to each other that we are still call me by my old familiar name speak to me in the same easy way which you always did put no difference into your tone. I have only slipped away into the next room. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.

Whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. I have only slipped into the next room. I am i and you are you and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched unchanged.