Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Funeral poems for a husband or wife

Poems of married love and parting, for a husband or wife.

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How these were chosen. Sorted by what each poem is about and whom it speaks of, with AI help, then checked against the text.

5 poems

  1. ’Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost (In Memoriam XXVII)

    Alfred Tennyson, 1850 · 16 lines

    I envy not in any moods
    The captive void of noble rage,…

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  2. Footsteps of Angels

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1839 · 40 lines

    When the hours of Day are numbered,
    And the voices of the Night…

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  3. How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnets from the Portuguese 43)

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1851 · 14 lines

    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height…

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  4. Prospice

    Robert Browning, 1864 · 28 lines

    Fear death?—to feel the fog in my throat,
    The mist in my face,…

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  5. Remember

    Christina Rossetti, 1862 · 14 lines

    Remember me when I am gone away,
    Gone far away into the silent land;…

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