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Jayne's Poetry
Rita Darcy's Daughter
Precious Memorials Poems
Fathers
Author unknown
1)
Heaven's gate swung gently open,
The Master called softly, "Come,"
And you, dear one, took the Master's hand,
And your work on earth was done.
We'll never cease to miss you,
And shed many silent tears,
Because we cannot share with you
Our hopes, our joys, our fears.
But one day, in God's garden,
When the Master calls us to come.
You'll be at the gates with open arms
And say to us, "Welcome Home!:
2)
Within our hearts we always keep
A special place for you,
And try to do our best to live
As you would want us to.
As we loved you, so we miss you,
In our memory you are near;
Loved, remembered, longed for always
With the passing of each year.
3)
We think of you, dear (first name),
And our hearts are filled with pain.
This world would be a heaven
Could we hear your voice again.
Years have swiftly passed,
But still we don't forget,
For in the hearts that loved you best,
Your memory lingers yet.
4)
Sometimes a note of a song
Brings us a thought of you.
Sometimes a flower as we pass along,
Or a sky that is azure blue;
Or a silver lining in the clouds
When the sunshine's peeping through
5)
O happy hours we once enjoyed
How sweet their memory still.
But death has left a loneliness
The world can never fill.
6)
Your presence is ever near us,
Your love remains with us yet,
You were the kind of father,
Your children will never forget.
7)
Every day, in some small way,
Memories of you come our way.
Though absent, you are ever near,
Still missed, still loved, and ever dear.
8)
Please, God, forgive a silent tear,
A fervent wish our dad was here.
There are others, yes, we know,
But he was ours, we loved him so.
9)
In tears we saw you sinking,
We watched you fade away.
Our hearts were almost broken,
You fought so hard to stay.
But when we saw you sleeping,
So peacefully free from pain.
We could not wish you back dad
To suffer that again.
10)
Time speeds on, one year has passed
Since death its gloom, its shadow cast
Within our home, where all seemed bright,
And took from us a shining light.
We miss that light, and ever will
His vacant place there is none can fill
Down here we mourn, but not in vain,
For up in Heaven we will meet again
11)
We think of our dad as a down to-earth guy,
Just plain, like the sea, the wind and the sky.
We think, and we know he has gone from our side,
But we think of our dad with the utmost of pride.
12)
Loving and kind in all his ways,
Upright and just to the end of his days,
Sincere and kind in heart and mind
What a beautiful memory he left behind.
13)
His helping hand was always first
To render any aid he could;
His voice was always raised in praise,
His words were wise and good.
Dear father since you've gone away,
The ones you loved so true,
Try hard to carry on the way
We know you'd want us to.
14)
Farewell, dear father, thy work is over,
Thy willing hands will toil no more,
A loving father, kind and true;
No one on earth we'll find like you
Precious Memorials Poems
Mothers
Authors unknown
1)
What would we give her hand to clasp,
Her patient face to see,
To hear her voice, to see her smile
As in the days that used to be,
But some sweet day we'll meet again
Beyond the toil and strife,
And clasp each other's hand once more
In Heaven, that happy life.
2)
A mother who gave us the best years of her life.
Who cherished our secrets, our sorrows, our strifes,
Who taught us to love and taught us to pray.
Dear mother in heaven, God bless you today
3)
You are always in our minds.
No matter what we do.
All the time within our hearts.
There are thoughts of you.
4)
In all the world we shall not find
A heart so wonderfully kind;
So soft a voice, so sweet a smile,
An inspiration so worth while.
A sympathy so sure, so deep
A love so beautiful to keep
5)
As I loved you, so I miss you;
In my memory you are near.
Loved, remembered, longed for always,
Treasured with a love sincere.
You are where I cannot see you,
And your voice I cannot hear;
Yet I know you walk beside me,
Never absent, always near
6)
A wonderful mother, woman and aid,
One who was better, God never made;
A wonderful worker, loyal and true,
One in a million, that, Mother, was you.
Just in your judgment, always right,
Honest and liberal, ever upright;
Loved by your friends and all you knew,
A wonderful mother, that, Mother, was you.
7)
We miss her love and cheery ways;
With her we spent our happiest days.
In memory we see her the same;
As long as we live, we'll cherish her name
8)
Always a smile instead of a frown,
Always a hand when one was down;
Always true, faithful and kind,
Wonderful memories she left behind
9)
Our hearts are like a memory book
Its pages Mother dear,
Hold all the loving thoughts of you
Recorded year by year.
A book of golden yesterdays,
Bound with love and care,
A rare edition Mother dear
Because you're treasured there.
10)
She has gone across the river
To the shore of ever green,
And we long to see her dear face,
But the river flows between.
Some day, sometime, we shall see
The face we loved so well,
Some day we'll clasp her loving hand
And never say farewell.
11)
If I have the world to give,
I'd give it, yes, and more,
To hear her voice, see her smile,
And greet her at the door.
But all I can do, dear Mother,
Is go and tend your grave,
And leave behind tokens of love,
To the best Mother God ever made
12)
We often sit and think of her
When we are all alone,
For memory is the only friend,
That grief can call its own;
Like ivy on the withered oak,
When other things decay,
Our love for her will still be green
And never fade away
13)
Till roses lose their petals,
Till the heather has lost its dew,
Till the end of time, dear Mother,
We will remember you.
14)
She walks with us down quiet paths,
And speaks in wind and rain,
For the magic of memory,
Gives her back to us again.
15)
Two dear bright eyes, a tender smile,
A loving heart that knew no guile,
Deep trust in God that all was right,
Her joy to make some other bright.
If sick or suffering one she knew,
Some gentle act of love she'd do,
I know He said "well done", mother
PRECIOUS MEMORIALS POEMS
SONS
authors unknown
1)
Gone from the earth so swiftly,
Just like a flower in bloom,
So young, so fair, so loving,
Yet called away so soon.
We'll meet him some glad morning,
Resting by waters fair,
he is waiting for our coming,
In the upper garden there,
Safe in the arms of Jesus.
2)
God gave us a wonderful son,
His memory will never grow old,
He fashioned his smile out of sunshine,
He moulded his Heart of pure gold.
He needed a new star in Heaven,
A beautiful light to shine,
So out of this old world of sorrow,
He chose that dear son of mine.
3)
From our happy home and circle
God has taken one we loved,
Borne away from sin and sorrow
To a nobler rest above.
No one knows how we miss him
None but aching hearts can tell;
Lost on earth, but found in Heaven
Jesus doeth all things well.
4)
He has solved it, life's wonderful problem,
The deepest, the strangest, the last,
And into the school of the angels
With the answer forever has passed.
How strange he should sleep so profoundly,
So young, so unworn by the strife,
While beside him, brimful of hope's nectar,
Untouched, stood the goblet of life.
God knew all about it; how noble,
How gentle he was, and how brave;
How bright his possible future,
Yet put him to sleep in his grave.
God knew all about those who loved him
How bitter the trial must be;
And right through it all, God is loving,
And knows so much better than we
5)
Remembrance is a golden chain
Death tries to break, all in vain,
To have, to love, and then to part
Is the greatest sorrow of the heart.
6)
God knows how much we miss him,
Never shall his memory fade;
Loving thoughts shall ever wander,
To the spot where he is laid.
7)
Time may wipe out many things,
But this it wipes out never -
The memory of those happy days
When we were all together
8)
Just thinking of the thoughtful things,
That you have said and done,
And loving you a little more,
Dear son, for each and every one.
9)
Gone is the face we loved so dear,
Silent is the voice we loved to hear,
Too far away for sight or speech,
But not too far for thought to reach.
Sweet to remember him once here,
Who, though absent, is just as dear.
10)
Surrounded by friends I am lonesome,
In the midst of my joys I am blue,
With a smile on my face I've a heartache,
Longing, dear son for you.
11)
Broken is our family circle,
Our dear one is passed away,
Passed from earth and earthly darkness,
Into bright and perfect day;
But we all must cease to languish,
O'er the grave of him we love,
Strive to be prepared to meet him,
In the better world above.
12)
Memory is a lovely land,
Where hearts are ever true,
A lane I so often travel down,
Because it leads to you.
13)
We often sit and think of him
When we are all alone,
For memory is the only friend,
That grief can call its own;
Like ivy on the withered oak
When other things decay
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