Never thought of it that way: I’ve always thought Donne’s Holy Sonnet X was an incredibly powerful text for a funeral (more so than the heaven and harps approach)for those who believe in the religion. But the main thrust of it would be highly suitable in a cryogenics setting.
I read Donne at my dad’s funeral. I don’t know how many countless times he quoted “For whom the bell tolls” (Meditaiton 17), but everyone recognized it when I read it. That actually isn’t the line that stands out for me now, though. “Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind” carries a lot of impact for me. My dad’s death just made me more aware in general, I think, of just how big of an impact an individual’s life has on the people around them.
Perhaps the best thing to say at a funeral is “we will avenge your death!” (on death itself).
Never thought of it that way: I’ve always thought Donne’s Holy Sonnet X was an incredibly powerful text for a funeral (more so than the heaven and harps approach)for those who believe in the religion. But the main thrust of it would be highly suitable in a cryogenics setting.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/sonnet10.php
“One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt die.”
I read Donne at my dad’s funeral. I don’t know how many countless times he quoted “For whom the bell tolls” (Meditaiton 17), but everyone recognized it when I read it. That actually isn’t the line that stands out for me now, though. “Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind” carries a lot of impact for me. My dad’s death just made me more aware in general, I think, of just how big of an impact an individual’s life has on the people around them.