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In Lucknow, as in other parts of the world, graves mean little to some people, but a search on the internet proves otherwise! What one will find on this blog isn't even 'a drop in the vast ocean' of tears that would have been shed if it were possible to calculate. The names, the sad poetry, quotes and expression of grief of the loved ones all being ground to dust. "...We always say that the history of a parish is in its graveyards..." Passage West (from a blog and book by Jim Murphy)

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Ivy Agnes Murray 1895-1944

IN EVER LOVING
AND SACRED MEMORY
OF
OUR BELOVED MOTHER
IVY AGNES MURRAY
BORN 26TH NOVEMBER 1895
DIED 11TH DECEMBER 1944
"PEACE"
*
TWILIGHT AND EVENING BELL,
AND AFTER THAT THE DARK!
AND MAY THERE BE NO SADNESS OF FAREWELL,
WHEN I EMBARK;
FOR THO' FROM OUT OUR BOURNE OF TIME AND PLACE
THE FLOOD MAY BEAR ME FAR,
I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE
WHEN I HAVE CROST THE BAR.
(Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

(Nishatganj Cemetery, Lko)

2 comments:

UnknownFebruary 3, 2016 at 7:16 AM
This is the grave of my paternal grandfather - we had no idea it existed - how lovely that you have taken the time to photograph and upload this to the worldwide web. we went to lucknow about 15 years ago.
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