5.) In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
excerpt [2nd stanza]:
We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
4.) Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
excerpt [1st stanza]:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
3.) Because I could not stop for Death (479) by Emily Dickinson
excerpt [1st stanza]:
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
2.) To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick
excerpt [2nd stanza]:
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
The nearer he’s to setting.
1.) Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye [authorship disputed]
excerpt [opening lines]:
By B Gourley in lists, Literature, Poetry on April 9, 2018.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…