Funeral Poems
A collection of funeral poems & short funeral verses
Featured funeral poems
Afterglow
A short funeral poem by Helen Lowrie Marshall about happy memories living on after a loved one has gone.
God Saw You
A short religious funeral poem, ideal for a eulogy or memorial poem. A poem about loved ones finding peace with God in Heaven.
If I Should Go Tomorrow
A moving remembrance poem celebrating the love that lives on in your heart after a loved one is gone.
Let Me Go
A short but uplifting funeral poem by famous Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, about saying goodbye to a loved one.
Remember Me
Short funeral poem by Margaret Mead, ideal for a eulogy. The words are a message of remembrance and love in times of grief.
She Is Gone (He Is Gone)
Popular funeral poem based on a short verse by David Harkins. An uplifting poem about being grateful for a loved one’s life.
To Those Whom I Love & Those Who Love Me
Beautiful remembrance poem, ideal for a funeral reading or eulogy. Written from the point of view of the person being laid to rest.
You’ve Just Walked On Ahead of Me
Short funeral verse written by Joyce Grenfell with a message about finding ways to cope with grief carry on after losing a loved one.
When it comes to arranging a funeral service for a loved one who has passed away, there are so many different things to think of that make up this special event. One such component is the funeral poems that clients may choose to include in the service, a popular addition in many funerals for years now. The reading of funeral poems can help mourners vocalise their emotions during this time, and the huge range of poems means that there is sure to be something that resonates with you.
If you want to incorporate funeral poems in a service, we have collected information on all of the most popular new and traditional texts at Funeral Guide in our database of funeral info.
Funeral Poems Options
Poems for funerals can form an essential part of the funeral service. When it’s hard to express your loss in your own words, beautiful poetry from famous writers can convey what it feels like to say goodbye. These funeral poems are suitable to read as a eulogy or include in obituaries for anyone unable to attend the funeral service in person. You can also use them as short verses on funeral cards, as condolence messages, or as sympathy or bereavement poems.
The variety of funnel poems that we have available can help users at Funeral Guide find a text to suit any funeral service, from religious ceremonies to more humanist celebrations of life. These poems also feature a variety of lengths, from shorter verses in God Saw You to longer texts such as To Those Whom I Love & Those Who Love Me, which can help readers express their feelings.
Each one can provide a fitting memorial to a loved one, whether it be your mum, dad, grandparent or someone else special to you. Many of the poems listed are also suitable for non-religious services. All of the funeral and remembrance poems on Funeral Guide can be downloaded as a PDF suitable for printing out.
Funeral Hymns
Mourners have incorporated music of some sort into funeral ceremonies since prehistoric times, where mourners wailed for the spirit of the deceased. More modern examples of this are the variety of funeral hymns incorporating messages of mourning, celebration and faith in the service. Similar to funeral poems, these can help mourners vocalise their feelings of loss or even be arranged in someone's funeral wishes before their passing.
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Advice relating to funeral poems, hymns, directors and more can be found here at Funeral Guide in the hope of easing this difficult process. For many, the funeral planning process is completely new, and we offer plenty of funeral help & advice that can prove useful during the most difficult times.
All funeral poems
- A Death-Bed
- A Song of Living
- A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
- Adonais
- After Their Death
- Afterglow
- Afternoon in February
- All Is Well
- All Nature Has A Feeling
- All That Was Her
- All Things Will Die
- An Angel Brushed My Shoulder
- Annabel Lee
- As Long As Hearts Remember
- Beyond The Empty Chair
- But Not Forgotten
- Celebrate
- Celebrating A Life-In Words Of One Syllable
- Child of Mine
- Come To Me When I'm Dying
- Coronach
- Crossing the Bar
- Darest Thou Now O Soul
- Death The Leveller
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
- Do Not Weep For Me
- Elegy
- Elegy On Thyrza
- Fare Thee Well
- Farewell
- Farewell My Friends
- Farewell, Sweet Dust
- Fidele
- Finis
- Footprints On The Sands Of Time
- From ‘The Excursion’
- Funeral Blues
- God Saw You
- Good-bye, My Fancy!
- Goodbye
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Hester
- I Am Standing Upon The Seashore
- I Carry Your Heart
- I Wish I Knew
- I'm Not Gone
- If I Could
- If I Should Go
- If I Should Go Tomorrow
- In Hearts
- In Memory
- Indian Prayer
- Intimations of Immortality
- Irish Blessing
- It's Strange
- Let Me Go
- Life
- Like As the Waves Make Towards the Pebbled Shore
- Little Gidding (from Four Quartets)
- Love
- Love Lives Beyond the Tomb
- Love Shines Through
- May the Blessing of Light Be on You
- Memories
- Memories
- Mother's Love
- My Journey’s Just Begun
- My Mother’s Sleep Is Deep
- Near Shady Wall A Rose Once Grew
- No Coward Soul is Mine
- Not, How Did He Die, But How Did He Live?
- O Captain! My Captain!
- Of Joy and Sorrow
- On Death
- On His Own Death
- On Pain
- Our Memories Build A Special Bridge
- Poem Of Life
- Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
- Precious Flower
- Precious Memory
- Remember
- Remember Me
- Remember Me
- Remember Me - I Will Live Forever
- Remembrance
- Requiem
- She Is Gone (He Is Gone)
- Softly Woo Away Her Breath
- Songs of the Death of Children (Kindertotenlieder)
- The Best And Most Beautiful Things In The World
- The Bluebird
- The Candle
- The Death Bed
- The Last Invocation
- The Lord's my Shepherd - Psalm 23
- The Prophet
- The Sea Spirit
- The Song Of The Soul
- The Star
- The Tombs In Westminster Abbey
- The Triumph Of Death
- Then Joy Stepped In
- There Is No Night Without A Dawning
- Think of Me
- Time Does Not Bring Relief
- Tis Only We Who Grieve
- To Sleep
- To Those I Love
- To Those Whom I Love & Those Who Love Me
- Turn Again To Life
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled Poem on Dying
- Untitled Poem To A Lost Love
- Virtue Immortal
- When I Am Dead, My Dearest
- When I'm Gone
- When We Lose A Loved One
- You’ve Just Walked On Ahead of Me
- Your Grief For What You've Lost Holds A Mirror