do not stand at my grave and weep native american version

In that year she and her husband had a young German Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, staying with them. Prior to 1932 Frye had not written any poetry. She married Claud Frye in 1927 he ran a clothing business while she grew and sold flowers.Īfter much contoversy this Baltimore housewife was finally acknowledged, towards the end of her long life, to be the true author of the well-known bereavement verse 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep.' This famous verse has brought comfort to mourners throughout the world for the past 70 years but there were many other claimants to its authorship, including attributions to traditional and native American origins.įrye’s assertion that she wrote the piece was eventually confirmed in 1998 following exhaustive research by Abigail Van Buren, the newspaper columnist responsible for the popular column “Dear Abby”. Although she had had no formal education, she was an avid reader with a remarkable memory. Frye, housewife and poet, was born on November 13th 1905 and died on September 15th 2004 at the age of 98īorn Mary Elizabeth Clark in Dayton, Ohio, Frye was orphaned at the age of 3 and moved to Baltimore when she was 12. This poem has become beloved by people the world over to express their own sorrows.

It is said that she never received a penny for her poem 'Do Not Stand at my Grave' which was written in 1932 for a young German Jewish girl who had lost her Mother and was advised not to return to Germany due to the rising anti-semitism. Mary Frye was an American housewife and poet and is chiefly remembered for a single poem.

Do not stand at my grave and weep native american version