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When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. Fry wrote ‘Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep’ in 1932. "Do not stand at my grave and weep" was voted Britain's most popular poem in a 1996 poll. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. ‘Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep’ was written out of heartfelt compassion, and it resonated with the masses and stood the test of time as a result of its universal qualities.
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Frye's authorship was confirmed in 1998 after investigative research by Abigail Van Buren, the newspaper columnist better known as "Dear Abby." įry died in Baltimore, and is buried in Baltimore Cemetery.
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The identity of the author of the poem was unknown until the late 1990s, when Frye revealed that she had written it. Because people liked her 12-line, untitled verse, Frye made many copies and circulated them privately. The poem for which she became famous was originally composed on a brown paper shopping bag, and was reportedly inspired by the story of a young Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who had been staying with the Frye household and had been unable to visit her dying mother in Germany because of anti-Semitic unrest. In 1927 she married Claud Frye, who ran a clothing business, while she grew and sold flowers. She was an avid reader with a remarkable memory. It is written in monologue form, where the speaker is someone who died. In Mary Frye’s account, the poem circulated only among family and friends, printed on postcards. At Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, we are not like other funeral chapels. 'Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep' is the only known poem which was supposedly penned by Mary Elizabeth Frye. She moved to Baltimore, Maryland, when she was 12. The journal names Clare Harner as author of the poem titled Immortality but for a few minor changes, Immortality became Mary Frye’s Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. Frye was born Mary Elizabeth Clark in Dayton, Ohio.