Time Is (Katrina's Sun-Dial): the poem in full for a funeral

Henry van Dyke’s lines on time, written for a sundial and published in 1904.

Hours fly,Flowers die:New days,New ways:Pass by!Love stays.

Time isToo Slow for those who Wait,Too Swift for those who Fear,Too Long for those who Grieve,Too Short for those who Rejoice;But for those who Love,Time is not.

Text from gutenberg.org. Public domain in the US and UK.

Where it comes in the service

At a Catholic funeral Mass the readings must come from Scripture, so a poem belongs at the vigil or in the words of remembrance. A Church of England funeral can include poetry; the Church prints poems on its own funeral planning page. In a humanist ceremony, readings of poetry and prose follow the tribute.

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Copyright

Time Is (Katrina's Sun-Dial) is in the public domain in the United States (first published 1904) and in the United Kingdom (author died 1933 (out of UK copyright since 1 January 2004)), so the words can be printed in a booklet without permission or a fee.

Printed here as in the source, except: Dropped the ornamental asterisks between the two stanzas.