In Remembrance (Daley)

The text of In Remembrance by Eleanor Daley, suitably, is that of a popular anonymous/untitled funeral poem that starts with the line, “Do not stand by my grave and weep”. Sung a cappella, it captures the numb bewilderment of committing a loved one to the earth, but not without offering consolation through the last line, “I am not there, I did not die”. Through those words we affirm that our remembering the fallen is not done in vain, but preserves the integrity of their sacrifice.