Short Verses
Welcome to our collection of short funeral verses
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| All the Lovely memories that you have left behind Bring me so much comfort, but still I always find However good the memories, they always make me weep I've cried a thousand teardrops since the day you fell asleep ~~ |
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| The brightest star in the Heavens tonight Is our beautiful baby saying "Night night" Sweet baby sleep, and nothing fear In my heart you're always near ~~ |
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| I'll never understand it It was all so very brief Why someone so little The pain, the hurt, the grief At first I felt so bitter Why?.. I used to say God knew how much I loved you But He still took you away I still miss you as much today But now I understand God makes us and it's up to Him when He takes our hand ~~ |
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| Sweet baby sleep, and nothing fear In my heart you're always near ~~ |
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| Golden slumbers, kiss your eyes Sleep pretty babe, while I sing a lullaby ~~ |
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| How dearly we loved you And prayed that you might live But Jesus just beckoned And we had to give ~~ |
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| Not gone from daddy's memory Not gone from mommy's love But gone to shine with Jesus In His beautiful home above ~~ |
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| Find peace in sleep my pretty one Sleep my sweet baby sleep ~~ |
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| He has gone to be an Angel Secure in our Fathers care And his dear little feet now patter along The beautiful streets up there ~~ |
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| May little Jesus ever bless May Mary Mother him caress May Joseph stay with him all day May Angels around him ever play ~~ |
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| A tiny flower, lent not given To bud on earth and bloom in Heaven ~~ |
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| Gentle Jesus up above Please give........ all our love ~~ |
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| Our lady wished a pretty flower To lay at Jesus' feet Her choice was of the fairest A lily pure and sweet ~~ |
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| He gazed amid the little ones And stopped to pick the best Dear...... was the chosen one With Jesus now she rests ~~ |
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| Say a little prayer Lord Send it with our love Send it to our baby Sleeping up above ~~ |
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| We have only your memory dear baby To last our whole lives through But the sweetness will linger forever As we treasure the image of you ~~ |
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| A little lamb too sweet and pure Upon this earth to roam An angel came and took his hand And led our baby home ~~ |
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| A lily of a day Is fairer far in may Although it fall and die that night It was the plant and flower of light ~~ |
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| What child is this, who, laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping ~~ |
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| Eyes that twinkle sunshine A face that breaks your heart That special look of innocence Remains while we're apart We had you for a short while But you brought so many joys Now play in peace our baby Enjoy your angel toys Time will bring us comfort While waiting for the day When we will be together again Not just a whisper away ~~ |
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| For many years the family chain Was closely linked together But oh, that chain is broken now The main link gone forever The sunshine of our happy home Must always clouded be But thou, O Lord has sent this cross We bear it all for thee ~~ |
There is no night without a dawn No winter without a spring And beyond death's dark horizon Our hearts once more will sing For those who leave us for a while Have only gone away Out of a restless careworn world Into a brighter day ~~ |
| They say it's a beautiful journey From the old world to the new Someday we'll make that journey Which will lead us straight to you And when we reach that garden In which there is no pain We'll put our arms around you And never part again ~~ |
A loving father most sincere Loved by all he knew He loved us all so very dear And we all loved him too But God in His mercy will give us hope And help us bear the strain Of the one we cherished, loved and lost To meet in Heaven again ~~ |
| God gave us strength to bear it And courage to fight the blow What it has meant to lose you God alone will ever know ~~ |
May the God of love and mercy Care our loved one who is gone And bless with consolation Those left to carry on ~~ |
| A light from our family has gone A voice we loved is still A place is vacant in our home No-one can ever fill ~~ |
God knew that you were weary The hill is hard to climb So He put His arms around you And whispered "peace be thine" ~~ |
| God saw you getting weary And did what He thought best He put His arms around you And took you home to rest ~~ |
It seems so strange that those we need And those we love the best Are just the ones God calls away And takes them home to rest ~~ |
| Two tired eyes are sleeping Two willing hands are still The one who worked so hard for us Is resting at God's will ~~ |
The blow was hard, the shock severe To part with one we loved so dear Our loss is great, we'll not complain But trust in God to meet again ~~ |
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| May you walk in God's garden And his love around you flow For what it meant to lose you No-one will ever know ~~ |
At Heaven's gates she will be waiting With that same sweet loving smile For she is gone before us Just a little while ~~ |
| Fold her, O Jesus, in thy arms And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and thee ~~ |
The happy hours we once enjoyed How sweet their memory still But death has left a vacant place This world can never fill ~~ |
| Gone is the face we love so dear Gone is the voice we loved to hear Too far away for touch or speech But not to far for love to reach ~~ |
What he suffered he told but few He did not deserve what he went through Tired and weary he made no fuss But tried so hard to stay with us ~~ |
| No farewells were spoken No time to say goodbye You were gone before we knew And only God knows why ~~ |
May she rest in peace dear Jesus In the Heavenly home above With the sacred heart of Jesus In His own eternal love ~~ |
| If I listen really close In the silence of the night I hear your voice to comfort me And say that you're all right But it's often hard to understand Why certain things must be And the reasons why they happen Are so often hard to see But I find comfort in the knowledge That God is always there To keep the one I loved so much Forever in His care ~~ |
I watched you suffer I saw you die But all I could do was sit close by You went away, we had to part God eased your pain But broke my heart ~~ We sit and think of you And think of how you died To think you could not say goodbye Before you closed your eyes ~~ |
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| We never said goodbye to you But that was just as well We never could have said goodbye To one we loved so well ~~ |
Your life was love and labour Your love for your family true You did your best for all of us We will always remember you ~~ |
| Your painful days are over Your sleepless nights are through For heaven has called an angel An angel as brave as you ~~ |
You slipped away We had to part God eased your pain But broke my heart ~~ |
| Weep not for me but courage take And love each other for my sake As time goes by and you grow older My hand will rest upon your shoulder ~~ |
We lost a mother with a heart of gold How much we miss her can never be told She shared our troubles, and helped us along If we follow her footsteps, we will never go wrong ~~ |
| God lends our loved ones to us only for a while We share some time together A laugh, a tear, a smile And then before we know it A lifetime has unfurled Then He takes them back again To another world But God is never selfish He nurses them with love ‘Till the day we meet them once again In His garden up above ~~ |
Jesus said, "come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart And you will find rest for your souls" ~~ How dearly we loved you And prayed that you might live But Jesus just beckoned And we had to give ~~ |
| O for a closer walk with God A calm and Heavenly frame A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! ~~ |
Face to face! O blissful moment Face to face to see and know Face to face with my Redeemer Jesus Christ who loves me so ~~ |
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| Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast But sweeter far, thy face to see And in Thy presence rest ~~ |
I came to Jesus as I was Weary and worn and sad I found in Him a resting place And He has made me glad ~~ |
| Eternal rest give unto him O Lord And let your perpetual light shine upon him May he rest in peace Amen ~~ |
I heard the voice of Jesus say "Come unto Me and rest Lay down, thou weary one Lay down thy head upon my breast" ~~ |
| In Gods care you sleep above In our hearts you stay with love ~~ |
Our's is just a simple prayer God bless and keep you in His care ~~ |
| We sat beside your bedside Our hearts were crushed and sore We did our duty to the end ‘Til we could do no more In tears we watched you sinking We watched you fade away And though our hearts were breaking We knew you could not stay You left behind some aching hearts That loved you most sincere We never shall and never will Forget you, mother dear ~~ |
She gently took death by the hand And journeyed to that Promised Land And there with steps so light and gay She shines and polishes the sun by day And lights the stars that shine by night And keeps the moonbeams silvery bright For mothers never really die They just keep house up in the sky And in that Heavenly home above They wait to welcome those they love ~~ |
| To those that I love and must leave behind Do not cry for me when these words you find When I am gone and free, just let me go I have so many things to see and do You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears Be happy that we had so many years ~~ |
I fall sleep in the full and certain hope that my slumber shall not be broken And that, though I be all-forgetting Yet shall I not be all-forgotten But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved ~~ |
| All our lives we'll miss him All our lives we'll care There's a special place within our hearts And you'll be forever there ~~ |
At Heavens gates she will be waiting With that same sweet loving smile For she is gone before us Just a little while ~~ |
| If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day Till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then Again I would spend them with you If I had a box just for wishes And dreams that had never come true The box would be empty Except for the memory Of how they were answered by you ~~ |
Through veils of peace may you ascend To promised planes above Where comfort shall await you In those summerlands of love Although my grief is deep and raw Although my pain is great I know that you are still with me I know that you will wait For in God's time we'll meet again Of this I am quite sure I loved you so much on this earth In absence even more ~~ |
| With tears we saw you suffer As we watched you fade away Our hearts were almost broken As you fought so hard to stay We knew you had to leave us But you never went alone For part of us went with you The day you left your home ~~ |
Those who loved can truly tell the heartache of parting without farewell ~~ Heavenly Father hear our prayer Guide our Father with tender care Dear shepherd don't leave him alone Love him in heaven As we do at home ~~ |
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Funeral Verses
This is a collection of simple, short in-memoriam and death-announcement verses. In-memoriam verses are commonly used as press announcements on anniversaries and special occasions for public remembrance of the deceased. Death-announcement verses are typically placed within the press announcement of the death, which would also usually include the notice of the funeral arrangements.
As you browse these funeral verses you will notice that they mainly consist of two, four or six rhyming lines. This makes them ideal to mix and match into a verse that is more personal.
Also, you could if you wish take a few lines or a verse from one or two of the many poems and song lyrics here at funeral helper if you think that better conveys your message, do try experimenting as you might be surprised to find how the words and lines often simply fall into place.
Many of the short funeral verses in this collection are also used on laminated in-memoriam cards and remembrance items such as book-markers, plaques and plates etc and are usually personalised with a photograph of the deceased.
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| Each time we look at your picture You seem to smile and say Don't be sad but courage take And love each other for my sake ~~ |
We think of you in silence We often speak your name What would we give to hear your voice And see your face again ~~ |
| There are some we meet in passing And forget as soon as they go There are some we remember with pleasure And feel honoured and privileged to know You were that kind of person Who leaves beautiful memories behind And there will be many days Which will bring fond memories to mind ~~ |
We your family miss you In the house where you used to be We wanted so much to keep you But God willed it not to be Now you are in God's keeping You suffer no more pain So dear God take care of her Until we meet again ~~ |
| Those we love remain with us For love itself lives on And cherished memories never fade Because a loved ones gone Those we love can never be More than a thought apart For as long as there is memory They'll always live on in our hearts ~~ |
Pray for us O dearest Father To Jesus Christ our King That He may bless our lonely home Where once you dwelt therein And pray that God might give us strength To bear our heavy cross For no-one knows but only He That treasure we have lost ~~ |
| I cannot bring the old days back Your smile I cannot see I can only treasure the memories Of days that used to be ~~ |
Gone are the days we used to share But in our hearts you're always there Never more than a thought away Loved and remembered every day ~~ |
| I know a smile I would love to see A loving face so dear I know a hand I would love to hold A voice I long to hear I know a heart thoughtful and true I know them all, because I loved you ~~ |
In Gods garden up above Stands a rose we dearly love She stands with petals open wide Watered by the tears we've cried Her fragrance fills our lives each day Locked in our hearts she will always stay ~~ |
| Words are few, thoughts are deep Memories of you we will always keep ~~ |
Beautiful memories silently kept Of one that we loved and will never forget ~~ |
| You have gone no further from us than to God and God is very near ~~ |
Loved with a love beyond all telling Missed with a grief beyond all tears ~~ |
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| They say there is a reason They say that time will heal But neither time nor reason Will change the way we feel For no-one knows the heartache That lies behind our smiles No-one knows how many times We have broken down and cried We want to tell you something So there won't be any doubt You're so wonderful to think of But so hard to be without ~~ |
There is a home that lies beyond And past its golden door Awaits the one who's now away Not lost-just gone before And in the home that lies beyond The Master will prepare A place for you, and when He calls You'll meet your loved one there ~~ Beautiful memories Just as you were, you will always be Someone special in my memory ~~ |
| Though absent you are always near Still loved, still missed, still very dear ~~ Happy times when we were together Hold memories that will last forever ~~ Those we love don't go away They walk beside us every day ~~ |
They say it's a beautiful journey From the old world to the new Someday we'll make that journey Which will lead us straight to you And when we reach that garden In which there is no pain We'll put our arms around you And never part again ~~ |
| If I listen really close In the silence of the night I hear your voice to comfort me And say that you're alright But it's often hard to understand Why certain things must be And the reasons why they happen Are so often hard to see But I find comfort in the knowledge That God is always there To keep the one I loved so much Forever in His care ~~ |
Memories are like leaves of gold They never tarnish or grow old Locked in our hearts You will always be Loved and remembered For all eternity ~~ An empty place no-one can fill I miss you and I always will A prayer, a tear, are all I can give These you will have as long as I live ~~ |
| Memories are precious possessions That time can never destroy For it is in happy remembrance That the heart find its greatest joy ~~ |
It doesn't need a special day To bring you to my mind For days without a thought of you Are very hard to find ~~ |
| You've just walked on ahead of me And I've got to understand You must release the ones you love And let go of their hand I try and cope the best I can But I'm missing you so much If only I could see you And once more feel your touch Yes, you've just walked on ahead of me Don't worry I'll be fine But now and then I swear I feel Your hand slip into mine ~~ |
This brings a special thank you For the things you've done for me The times when you were patient When you didn't have to be For the days that you made brighter With the sunshine of your smile, The words of warm encouragement That made each dream worthwhile And while I've left out many things For which my thanks are due These things are always in my heart Next to my love for you ~~ |
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| You gave me many things in life Gifts both great and small But most of all you gave me love The greatest gift of all ~~ |
Softly the leaves of memory fall Gently I gather and treasure the all Unseen, unheard, you are always near So missed, so loved, so very dear ~~ |
| No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts you're always there ~~ |
Treasured forever Of love and happiness shared together ~~ |
| If I could turn back the clock That's just what I would do And I would live again those happy years That I shared with you ~~ |
Just a prayer from those who love you Just a memory ever true In our hearts you will live forever Because we thought the world of you ~~ |
| A bouquet of beautiful memories Sprayed with a million tears Wishing God could have spared you If just for a few more years ~~ |
Our lips cannot speak how we loved him Our hearts cannot tell what to say But God only knows how we miss him In our home that is lonely today ~~ |
| I hold him close within my heart And there he will remain To walk with me throughout my life Until we meet again ~~ |
We miss you from your fireside chair Your loving smile gentle air Your vacant place no-one can fill We miss you mother and always will ~~ |
| Resting where no shadows fall Loved and remembered by us all ~~ |
Close in our hearts you will always stay Loved and remembered every day ~~ |
| She was a mother so very rare Content in her home and always there On earth she toiled, in Heaven she rests God bless you mother you were the best ~~ |
Gone from our home that smiling face The cheerful happy ways The heart that won so many friends In bygone happy days ~~ |
| Lonely is the home without you Life to us is not the same All the world would be like Heaven If we could have you back again ~~ |
Along the road to yesterday That leads me straight to you Are memories of happy days Together we once knew ~~ |
| Remembering you is easy I do it every day It's just the pain of losing you That never goes away ~~ |
In secret I weep, in silence I cry As each lonely hour and day passes by There's only one thought that eases my pain And it's knowing that we'll be together again ~~ |
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| May the winds of love blow softly And whisper for you to hear That we'll always love and miss you And wish that you were here ~~ |
It isn't what we write It isn't what we say Its how we feel deep inside As we think of you today ~~ |
| Your memory is a keepsake With which we will never part God has you in His keeping We have you in our hearts ~~ |
A special person, a special face Someone we love and can't replace Never selfish, always kind These are the memories he left behind ~~ |
| I hear his voice in the silent hours When the house is very still And feel the touch of his unseen hand Guiding and helping me still ~~ |
Together life was bright and gay A parting seemed so far away You left a place no-one can fill We miss you dad and always will ~~ |
| Sweet and lasting memories Are all we have of you We will keep them tucked away Until our lives are through ~~ |
Softly the leaves of memory fall Gently we gather and treasure them all A thought, a prayer are all we can give These you will have as long as we live ~~ |
| Loving thoughts till the end of time Of a wonderful wife I am proud was mine ~~ Treasured forever Of love and happiness shared together ~~ The years may pass but still you stay As near and dear as yesterday ~~ |
If memories bring you closer We are never far apart Not a day will I forget you You'll always be in my heart ~~ If memories and love can keep us together Then with each passing day we are closer than ever ~~ |
| A silent grief that's in our hearts No human eye can trace For many a broken heart is hid Beneath a smiling face ~~ |
Look around your garden Lord Find the son we love Put your arms around him We only wish we could ~~ |
| Though you're no longer with me Every day I find In one way or another You're back there in my mind I might hear a piece of music And at once my mind is stirred Back to a treasured moment The two of us have shared I never try to stop them I let them just flow through It's just my way of spending time Once again with you ~~ |
There is a face before us A voice we'd love to hear A smile we will always remember Of a dad we loved so dear ~~ A smile for all, a heart of gold The very best the world could hold Those we love don't go away They walk beside us every day ~~ |
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| Your life was full of loving deeds Forever thoughtful of our special needs Today and tomorrow my whole life through I will always love and cherish you ~~ |
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