Inspirational Words Of Sympathy

When I go from here, I want to leave behind me a world that will be richer for the experience of me. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

These comforting and inspirational poems are words of sympathy from unknown sources.

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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy

are listed alphabetically by first line (or title)

  • Alone Yet Never Quite Alone
  • As I Sit In Heaven & Watch Over You Every Day
  • Distance Takes Us Far Apart
  • Every Day & Every Night
  • God Called Your Name So Softly
  • God Looked Around His Garden
  • I Asked God To Take Away My Pain
  • I Miss You Every Hour Of Every Day
  • I Stood By Your Bed Last Night (death of animal)
  • Legacy Of Love (title)
  • Let The Dreams That Are Gone Fast Alseep, My Love
  • Listen More Often to Things Than To Beings
  • My Darling Went
  • Never Fear That We Shall Not Find One Another
  • Not, How Did He Die?  But, How Did He Live?
  • Perhaps If We Could See
  • The Final Flight (title)
  • The Loom Of Destiny (title)
  • Those Special Memories Of You
  • Though I Am Dead, Grieve Not For Me With Tears
  • 'Tis Only We Who Grieve
  • When I Go From Here
  • When I Must Leave You For A While
  • You Only Have One Mother
  • You Never Said 'I'm Leaving'
  • You Shared Life With Us
  • You Touched My Life
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Alone, Yet Never Quite Alone

Alone yet never quite alone
I face an empty chair
But sometimes in the silence
I imagine you are there

The good companion of the past
No longer here with me
And yet in some mysterious way
You keep me company

Thought or Spirit, does it matter?
Words are meaningless,
I only know that in my times
Of greatest loneliness

I felt that you are somewhere near
Though nothing’s seen or said
The bitter moment passes
And my heart is comforted

I receive the strength I need
Am rescued from despair
Maybe that’s the way God works
The answer to a prayer


I receive the strength I need Am rescued from despair Maybe that’s the way God works The answer to a prayer - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
As I Sit In Heaven
& Watch Over You Every Day

As I sit in heaven and watch over you every day
I try to let you know with signs, I never went away.
I hear you when you’re laughing and watch you when you sleep
I even place my arms around you, to calm you as you weep,
So I try to send you signs, so you know you’re not alone.

Don’t feel guilty that you have, life that was denied me,
Heaven is truly beautiful, just you wait and see.
So live your life, be free,
And know with every breath you take, you’ll be taking one for me


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Distance Takes Us Far Apart

Distance takes us far apart
And darkens my today.
I have to keep remembering –
You’re just a thought away.

When the world is too confusing
Times are hard to bear.
I pull your precious meaning
Your bright spirit, from the air.

It I sometimes drift into
A lonely state of mind.
I gather up the memories
Of days we left behind.

And though you’re not beside me
I can tap into my heart.
And draw upon the warmth and love
That lives when we’re apart.

And with these fond reflections
On the times when you were near.
I sense a little bit of what
It’s like to have you here


And though you’re not beside me I can tap into my heart. And draw upon the warmth and love That lives when we’re apart. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Every Day & Every Night

Every day and every night
When you feel the need to hold me tight
Just blow a kiss into the sky
For I will be that close by

In the Heavens throughout the day
I watch over you and hear you pray
I see you smile and shed a tear
For you know that I’m still near

I’m the Angel of your eye
Your Angel in the sky


Every day and every night When you feel the need to hold me tight Just blow a kiss into the sky For I will be that close by - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
God Called Your Name So Softly

God called your name so softly
That only you could hear
And no-one heard the footsteps
Of angels drawing near

It broke our hearts to lose you
But you did not go alone
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home


God called your name so softly That only you could hear And no-one heard the footsteps Of angels drawing near  It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone For part of us went with you The day God called you home - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
God Looked Around His Garden

God looked around His garden
And found an empty place
He then looked down upon the Earth
And saw your tired face

He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest
God’s garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best

He knew that your were suffering
He knew you were in pain
He knew that you would never
Get well on Earth again

He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, ‘Peace Be Thine’


He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb So He closed your weary eyelids And whispered, ‘Peace Be Thine’ - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByKirtlington Quarry, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
I Asked God To Take Away My Pain

I asked God to take away my pain.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His Spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a by-product of tribulations; it isn’t granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you Blessings, happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my Spirit whole.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me love others, as much as He loves me.
God said, Ahhh, finally you have the idea.


I asked God to help me love others, as much as He loves me. God said, Ahhh, finally you have the idea. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
I Miss You Every Hour Of Every Day

I miss you every hour of every day
And yet, dear one, I would not have you stay
If in the years ahead there would be pain
And maybe sorrow to be borne again

I count my blessings as I call to mind
Our happy hours together, and I find
A bitter sweetness in the lovely hours
That now are all my own, but once were ours

I do the many tasks which once we shared
And treasure all the things for which you cared
I conjure up your voice and see your face
And thus can be with you in every place

My loneliness from you, that like a tide
Engulfs me now and then, I try to hide
Because I know, with joy, one thing is true
Each passing day is one day nearer to you

I only have to wait, and in my dreams
Relive our happy days, and if it seems
That days go slowly by, I shall not weep
Since I have such a loving tryst to keep


I miss you every hour of every day And yet, dear one, I would not have you stay If in the years ahead there would be pain And maybe sorrow to be borne again  I count my blessings as I call to mind Our happy hours together, and I find A bitter sweetness in the lovely hours That now are all my own, but once were ours - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
I Stood By Your Bed Last Night

I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep
I could see that you were crying, you found it hard to sleep
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear
“It’s me, I haven’t left you, I’m well, I’m fine, I’m here”

I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea
You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to me
I was with you at the shops today, your arms were getting sore
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more

I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care
I want to re-assure you that I’m not lying there
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled with your key
I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said, “It’s me”

You looked so very tired and sank into a chair
I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there
It’s possible for me to be so near you every day
To say to you with certainty, “I never went away”

You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you
The day is over, I smile and watch you yawning
And say, “Goodnight, God Bless, I’ll see you in the morning”

And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide
I’ll rush across to greet you and we’ll stand, side by side
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see
Be patient, live your journey out.. Then come home to be with me


I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care I want to re-assure you that I’m not lying there - Spiritual Quotes To Live BySt Mary's Churchyard, Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Legacy Of Love

A wife, a mother, a grandma too,
This is the legacy we have from you.
You taught us love and how to fight,
You gave us strength, you gave us might.

A stronger person would be hard to find,
And in your heart, you were always kind.
You fought for us all in one way or another,
Not just as a wife, not just as a mother.

For all of us you gave your best,
Now the time has come for you to rest.
So go in peace, you've earned your sleep,
Your love in our hearts, we'll eternally keep.


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Let The Dreams That Are Gone
Fast Asleep, My Love

Let the dreams that are gone fast asleep, my love
Let the tears and fear of yesterday’s storm
For the darkness you saw is past, my love
So smile, and a new day is born

The seasons of life will go on, my love
And the sails of your ship may be torn
But the secrets beneath your feet, my love
Are the flowers that are yet to be born

Let the tears that you shed fall sweet, my love
For the pain goes and rainbows come without warning
All the seasons will surely return, my love
And new life will be born in the dawning


Let the tears that you shed fall sweet, my love For the pain goes and rainbows come without warning All the seasons will surely return, my love And new life will be born in the dawning - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByUpper Heyford, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Listen More Often To Things 
Than To Beings

Listen more often to things than to beings
Hear the fire’s voice
Hear the voice of water
Hear, in the wind, the sobbing of the trees
It is the breath of the ancestors

The dead are not gone forever
They are in the paling shadows
They are in the darkening shadows

The dead are not beneath the ground
They are in the rustling tree
In the murmuring wood
The flowing water
The still water
In the lonely place, in the crowd
The dead are never dead

Listen more often to things than to beings
Hear the fire’s voice
Hear the voice of the water
In the wind hear the sobbing of the trees
It is the breath of the ancestors
They are not gone
They are not beneath the ground
They are not dead


Listen more often to things than to beings Hear the fire’s voice Hear the voice of the water In the wind hear the sobbing of the trees It is the breath of the ancestors They are not gone They are not beneath the ground They are not dead - Spiritual Quotes To Live BySt Mary's Churchyard, Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
My Darling Went

My darling went...
Unto the seaside long ago. Content.
I stayed at home, for O, I was so glad
Of all the little outings that she had.

I knew she needed rest. I loved to stay
At home a while that she might go away.
“How beautiful the sea, how she enjoys
The music of the waves, no care annoys.

Her pleasures,” thought I; “O, it is so good
That she can rest a while. I wish she could,
Stay till the autumn leaves are turning red”
“Stay longer, sister,” all my letters said.

“If you are growing stronger every day
I am so very glad to have you stay.”

My darling went...
To heaven long ago, am I content
To stay at home? Why can I not be glad
Of all the glories that she there has had?

She needed change. Why am I loath to stay
And do her work and let her go away?
The land is lovely where her feet have been
Why do I not rejoice that she has seen?

Its beauties first? That she will show to me
The City Beautiful? Is it so hard to be
Happy that she is happy? Hard to know
She learns so much each day that helps her so.

Why can I not each night and morning say
“I am so glad that she is glad today?”


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Never Fear That We Shall Not Find One Another

Never fear that we shall not find one another. We have freedom from time, so it is not hard to wait for you, and it is our mutual love that keeps us in close touch and that makes me already to know your greater states, and you to apprehend my own – expansion, I think is the word.

So that it will be a great coming together, a great reunion, not at all a strangeness, when you, one by one, come across. There is such infinite care and love poured out for those who come over: there is no fierce judgement and condemnation, only loving help and the abounding joy of tackling all there is to do.


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Not, How Did He Die
But How Did He Live? 

Not, how did he die, but how did he live?
Not, what did he gain, but what did he give?
These are the units to measure the worth
Of a man, as a man, regardless of his birth

Nor what was his church, nor what was his creed?
But, had he befriended those really in need?
Was he ever ready, with words of good cheer
To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?

Not, what did the sketch in the newspaper say?
But, how many were sorry when he passed away?


Not, how did he die, but how did he live? Not, what did he gain, but what did he give? These are the units to measure the worth Of a man, as a man, regardless of his birth - Spiritual  Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Perhaps If We Could See

Perhaps if we could see
The splendour of the land
To which our loved are called
From you and me
We’d understand

Perhaps if we could hear
The welcome they receive
From old familiar voices
All so dear
We would not grieve

Perhaps if we could know
The reason why they went
We’d smile, and wipe away
The tears that flow
We’d wait content


Perhaps if we could hear The welcome they receive From old familiar voices All so dear We would not grieve - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
The Final Flight

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard His call
I turned my back and left it all

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I’ve found that peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Ay yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savoured much
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me
God wanted me now, He set me free.


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
The Loom Of Destiny

The light goes out of life for us
The world turns dark and drear
When God calls unto Himself
The ones we hold most dear

His ways we cannot understand
Because we cannot see
The pattern He is weaving
On the loom of destiny

But God is good and our grief grows old
Time plays its gentle part
Laying healing hands upon
The red wounds of the heart

The secret scars grow fainter
With the passing years
And faith returns
As joy comes back
To wipe away the tears


The light goes out of life for us The world turns dark and drear When God calls unto Himself The ones we hold most dear  His ways we cannot understand Because we cannot see The pattern He is weaving On the loom of destiny - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Those Special Memories Of You

Those special memories of you
Will always bring a smile
If only I could have you back
For just a little while

Them we could sit and talk again
Just like we used to do
You always meant so very much
And always will do too

The fact that you’re no longer here
Will always cause me pain
But you’re forever in my heart
Until we meet again


Those special memories of you  Will always bring a smile - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
Though I Am Dead
Grieve Not For Me With Tears

Though I am dead, grieve not for me with tears
Think not of death with sorrowing fears
I am so near that every tear you shed
Touches and tortures me, though you think me dead..

But when you laugh and sing in glad delight
My Soul is lifted upwards to the Light
Laugh and be glad for all that life is giving
And I though dead will share your joy of living


when you laugh and sing in glad delight My Soul is lifted upwards to the Light Laugh and be glad for all that life is giving And I though dead will share your joy of living - Spiritual Quotes To Live BySt Mary's Church, Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
'Tis Only We Who Grieve 

‘Tis only we who grieve
They do not leave

They are not gone
They look upon us still
They walk among the valleys now
They stride upon the hill

Their smile is in the summer sky
Their grace is in the breeze
Their memories whisper in the grass
Their calm is in the trees

Their light is in the winter snow
Their tears are in the rain
Their merriment runs in the brook
Their laughter in the lane

Their gentleness is in the flowers
They sigh in autumn leaves
They do not leave, they are not gone
‘Tis only we who grieve


‘Tis only we who grieve They do not leave They are not gone They look upon us still They walk among the valleys now They stride upon the hill Their smile is in the summer sky Their grace is in the breeze Their memories whisper in the grass Their calm is in the trees Their light is in the winter snow Their tears are in the rain Their merriment runs in the brook Their laughter in the lane Their gentleness is in the flowers They sigh in autumn leaves They do not leave They are not gone ‘Tis only we who grieve - Spiritual Quotes To Live ByUpper Heyford, Oxfordshire
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
When I Go From Here  

When I go from here, I want to leave behind me a world that will be richer for the experience of me.

I want the creatures – the animals, and birds – to be a little less afraid of human beings because they have known me, because I have blessed them and love them and, far from doing them any harm, have done them good.

I want to leave trees that are rustling with my thoughts - trees that have heard me speaking to them when we were alone together - trees, that one day, long after my form has disappeared, shall still in some mysterious way, cherish in their very beings their secret knowledge of me, so that others who shelter from the rain or who seek shade under their branches, shall catch the peace that went out from me.

I want to leave the whole of Nature nearer to the whole of man; I want to store up riches in the wind, and to leave blessings traveling upward to the stars. I want to leave my peace in the grass. I want the tears that I have shed for the sake of High Love, to come again in the dew. I want to leave Nature richer for having known me.

I want to leave my fellow man more sure that there is a Divinity that shapes his ends. I want to leave him with a wider vision and a greater sense of purpose. I want to leave him with the knowledge that death is nothing and that life is everything.

When I go from here, I want to leave behind me a deeper sense of God.


When I go from here, I want to leave behind me a deeper sense of God. - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
When I Must Leave You For A While 

When I must leave you for a while
Please do not grieve and shed wild tears
And hug your sorrow to you through the years
But start out bravely with a gallant smile
And for my name sake and in my name
Live on and do all things the same

Feed not your loneliness on empty days
But fill each waking hour in useful ways
Reach out your hand in comfort and hold me dear
And I will in turn comfort you and hold you near
And never, never be afraid to die
For I am waiting for you in the sky


When I must leave you for a while Please do not grieve and shed wild tears And hug your sorrow to you through the years But start out bravely with a gallant smile  And for my name sake and in my name Live on and do all things the same Feed not your loneliness on empty days But fill each waking hour in useful ways  Reach out your hand in comfort and hold me dear And I will in turn comfort you and hold you near And never, never be afraid to die For I am waiting for you in the sky - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
You Can Only Have One Mother 

You can only have one mother
Patient kind and true;
No other friend in all the world,
Will be the same to you.

When other friends forsake you,
To mother you will return,
For all her loving kindness,
She asks nothing in return.

As we look upon her picture,
Sweet memories we recall,
Of a face so full of sunshine,
And a smile for one and all.

Sweet Jesus, take this message,
To our dear mother up above;
Tell her how we miss her,
And give her all our love.


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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
You Never Said "I'm Leaving"

You never said, "I’m leaving"
You never said, "goodbye"
You were gone before I knew it
And only God knew why

A million times I needed you
A million times I cried
If love alone could save you
You never would have died

In life I loved you dearly
In death I love you still
In my heart you hold a place
That no one could ever fill

It broke my heart to lose you
But you didn’t go alone
For part of me went with you
The day God took you home


In life I loved you dearly In death I love you still In my heart you hold a place That no one could ever fill  - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
You Shared Life With Us 

You shared life with us
God give eternal life to you.

You gave your love to us
God give His deep love to you.

You gave your time to us
God give His eternity to you.

You gave your light to us
God give everlasting light to you.

Go upon your journey dear Soul
To love, light and life eternal.


You shared life with us God give eternal life to you You gave your love to us God give His deep love to you You gave your time to us  God give His eternity to you You gave your light to us God give everlasting light to you Go upon your journey dear Soul To love, light and life eternal - Spiritual Quotes To Live By
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Inspirational Words Of Sympathy:
You Touched My Life 

You touched my life
And turned my heart around
It seems when I found you
It was me I really found
You opened my eyes
And now my Soul can see
Our moments may be over
Of just you here with me

Love lives on beyond goodbye
The truth of us will never die
Our Spirits will shine
Long after we’ve gone
And so our love lives on

There was so much
I didn’t understand
When you brought me here
Far from where we all began
The changes you made
To my life will never end
I’ll look across the distance
And know I have a friend

Love lives on beyond goodbye
The truth of us will never die
Our Spirits will shine
Long after we’ve gone
And so our love lives on
And so our love lives on


Love lives on beyond goodbye The truth of us will never die Our Spirits will shine Long after we’ve gone And so our love lives on  - Spiritual Quotes To Live By

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