Death is nothing at all
Death is nothing at all,
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 still are.
and you are you;
whatever we were to each other,
that, we still are.
Call me by my old
familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way
which you always used,
put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air
of solemnity or sorrow.
speak to me in the easy way
which you always used,
put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air
of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always
laughed
at the little jokes we shared together.
Let my name ever be
the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.
at the little jokes we shared together.
Let my name ever be
the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all
that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.
that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of
mind
because I am out of sight?
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
Henry Scott Holland
1847 -1918
Goodbye Nick.
Until the next room.
1847 -1918
Goodbye Nick.
Until the next room.
Oh no .... I don't know who Nick was may he now be at peace
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Wise words indeed. Sorry for your loss... xx
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