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"Do not stand at my grave and weep" was voted Britain's most popular poem in a 1996 poll. Frye's authorship was confirmed in 1998 after investigative research by Abigail Van Buren, the newspaper columnist better known as "Dear Abby." įry died in Baltimore, and is buried in Baltimore Cemetery. The identity of the author of the poem was unknown until the late 1990s, when Frye revealed that she had written it. The song used the same title as the poem and was included on Liberas 2004 album Free. Because people liked her 12-line, untitled verse, Frye made many copies and circulated them privately. 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep' (choral song by Libera): Robert Prizeman, musical director of the all-boy English vocal group Libera, set this poem to music. The poem for which she became famous was originally composed on a brown paper shopping bag, and was reportedly inspired by the story of a young Jewish girl, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who had been staying with the Frye household and had been unable to visit her dying mother in Germany because of anti-Semitic unrest. In 1927 she married Claud Frye, who ran a clothing business, while she grew and sold flowers. She was an avid reader with a remarkable memory. Do not stand at my grave and weep is the first line and popular title of a bereavement poem of disputed authorship.
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She moved to Baltimore, Maryland, when she was 12.
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Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Frye was born Mary Elizabeth Clark in Dayton, Ohio. Listen to your favorite songs from Angel Voices: Libera in Concert by Libera/Fiona Pears Now.