![]() ![]() This is her only surviving poem and quite possibly her only poem. ![]() She wrote it to comfort a family friend, a German Jewish woman, who had just lost her mother and was unable to even visit her grave, because of increasing anti-Semitic unrest in Germany. Even though some say that she took inspiration from a Navajo song, Frye scribbled this poem in a moment of inspiration on a paper shopping bag. This poem, written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) an American housewife and florist, has become common reading for funerals. Sono la morbida luce notturna delle stelle. All Rights Reserved.Sono lo scintillio del diamante sulla neve, In the clouds of space and countless stars of every hue The changes and additions I made to the original and traditional versions of the poem are shown below in lavender. This was the first high-quality recording of her fantastic voice, and I hope it moves you as deeply as it has the others who have heard it. Holly Phaneuf Erskine, is a college chemistry professor (see her great chemistry site at ), and co-producer of The Emissary movie, and started out as a music major on scholarship. I recorded the guitar, piano and string parts working alone for a few hours, then invited Holly over to sing the vocal. This, along with Holly's tremendous encouragement and feedback, allowed me to finally finish these lyrics and record the song in time for her aunt's memorial service. ![]() Upon reading the original words attributed to Mary Frye, I found the line I am in each lovely thing, which is omitted in the traditional version. Holly's mother sent her an email saying that this poem was her aunt's favorite, and does she know where she could find the complete poem for her memorial service? There it sat for years until Holly's aunt passed away in the Spring of 2003. The original poem, however, does not make a complete song lyric, in my opinion, so I worked a bit on the second stanza, got stuck, and put the song on the back burner. I stumbled across a greeting card many years ago with a popular version of this poem, took it home and immediately set it to music. ![]()
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