Poems, Verses, Songs & Hymns for Funerals
Are you searching for a verse or poem to read at a funeral service?
Maybe you would like to show your appreciation to a family member with a funeral poem?
There are no end of beautiful pieces of poetry, readings and verses that can enhance a FUNERAL SERVICE or ceremony whether it is religious or non-religious. We have gathered some of the best poems and most popular verses for funerals.
If you are in the process of preplanning your funeral service, you may wish to note in your funeral services arrangements the poems, verses and songs or hymns you wish to be employed during the various parts of the funeral service. The Funeral Director will help you with this process if you wish.
Quinn’s Funeral Home Directors arrange funerals across the Republic of Ireland. Contact us to discuss arranging a funeral or to preplan a funeral.
Suggested Funeral Poems
| Title of Poem | Written By | Poem Details |
| Death Is Nothing At All | Henry Scott Holland | Canon Of St Paul’s Cathedral (1847-1918) |
| Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep | Mary Frye | (1905-2004) |
| Farewell | Anne Bronte | (1820-1849) |
| Footprints | Anon | |
| Funeral Blues (Stop All The Clocks) | W.H Auden | (1907-1973) |
| His Journeys Just Begun | E. Brenneman | |
| I Fall Asleep In The Full And Certain Hope | Samuel Butler | (1835-1902) |
| Indian Prayer | Traditional | |
| Irish Blessing/May The Roads Rise Up To Meet You | Anon | |
| It Was Beautiful | Rabindranath Tagore | Bengali Priest And Nobel Laureate For Literature 1913 (1861-1941) |
| Miss Me But Let Me Go | Robyn Rancman | |
| Not How Did He Die, But, How Did He Live | Anon | |
| Remember | Christine Rossetti | (1830-1894) |
| Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | Song Lyrics (1968) |
| Time Will Ease The Hurt | Anon | |
| Tis Only We Who Grieve | Anon | |
| What Is Dying? | Bishop Charles Henry Brent | (1862-1929) |
| What Though The Radiance | William Wordsworth | (1770-1850) |
| When Tomorrow Starts Without Me | David Romano | |
Don’t see a poem or song you know and cherish. Contact us and let us know, as we endeavour to make things easier for the bereaved.