If I should
die and leave you here
awhile,
Be not like others,
sore undone, who keep
Long
vigils by the
silent dust, and
weep.
For my
sake -- turn again to life and
smile,
Nerving thy
heart and trembling hand to do
Something to
comfort other hearts than thine.
Complete those dear
unfinished tasks of mine
And I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
This was read by Lady Sarah McCorquodale at the funeral of her sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, on 6 September 1997. It is a poem by A. Price Hughes and was traditionally spoken at Spencer family funerals.