Christopher D. Breen ‘96

Christopher D. Breen

• Austin, Texas
• Graduate

Do not stand at my grave and weep.

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft star that shines at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.

I am not there. I do not sleep.

— Immortality (Do Not Stand By My Grave and Weep), Clare Harner, 1934