any poems/quotes etc that helped through bereavment??

[mad4myboys]

Close friend of mines dad has sadly died of cancer. Wants to do some sort of reading at funeral but they say they feel empty and cant work out what to right..

im trying to find a poem or quote or something that maybe they can read or find comfort from? Was quite a long battle to cancer and they were very close to him.

would be very grateful of any thoughts shared?

Do not stand at my grave and weep is very predictable but lovely.

Sorry for your friend and family .

If they have any sort of christian faith - is the funeral in a church - they may find this from Pilgrims Progress a comfort
Mr Valent for Truth passes in to the River
'When he understood it, he called for his friends, and told them of it. Then said he, "I am going to my Father's; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage; and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles who now will be my Rewarder." When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the riverside; into which as he went he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" And as he went down deeper, he said, "Grave, where is thy victory?" So he passed over; and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.'

Dh read it at my gramps's funeral and I think it works particularly well for a long and arduous death like his was.

i actually came across that on google just now and it is lovely. not sure if appropriate, as it will be a cremation..