Funeral reading!

[Goodsoulette]

I expect this has been asked a hundred times already but does anyone know of any really good readings for a funeral. Preferably not the run of the mill ones.

Also any suitable passages from the bible I can suggest.

Many thanks.

[China Doll]

Stop the Clocks?

[China Doll]

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

It's a bit specific though.

[China Doll]

When I am dead
Cry for me a little
Think of me sometimes
But not too much.
Think of me now and again
As I was in life
At some moments it's pleasant to recall
But not for long.
Leave me in peace
And I shall leave you in peace
And while you live
Let your thoughts be with the living.

[China Doll]

So we�ll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul outwears the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we�ll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.

[China Doll]

That's all I got I think.

[cancross]

Some very moving selections are found here:

http://www.allspirit.co.uk/dying.html