However the mystery of the true origins of "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep" seems now to have been solved when the poem was categorically attributed to Mary Frye in 1998, following research by Abigail Van Buren, aka Jeanne Phillips. Subsequent versions of the poems have appeared in so many places that it was firmly regarded as public domain, despite Mary Frye's claims. Later it was printed on postcards by the Schwarzkopf family and was circulated in that fashion before it was ever conventionally printed. The Arrangement Details Tab gives you detailed information about this particular arrangement of Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep - not necessarily the song. 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. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. Mary has said she wrote it on a brown paper bag and that the words just came to her. DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush.
It is said that Mary wrote this for Margaret and that it was Mary's first real attempt at poetry. When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. This reassuring text, simply set for choir features a lyric melody that is perfect for the choir with limited rehearsal time. 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.
Margaret Schwarzkopf was visiting Mary Elizabeth Frye who was living in Baltimore USA when Margaret's mother died. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep. This is a version of a poem that, apparently was circulated as postcards printed by the Schwarzkopf family.
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