Unsuprisingly many of my favourites - Bilbo's last song and the grey havens, O Lorien have been mentioned already and I read once of the funeral of a 13year old boy killed in an accident and his father read the last few pages of the LOTR which he had left unfinished at the time of his death . The poignancy of that has me in floods at the mere idea even several years on. But though I love the sea I hate sailing so I am not sure I wouldn't rather have the end of "The house at Pooh Corner" and be played out to "Always look on the bright side of life" . Birthday and Christmas gifts prove that my alleged nearest and dearest have no idea what I like so if I weren't of the "put me out with the rubbish" school of funerals I would have to specify which is a bit egotistical.... but if egotism is the order of the day (and if at your funeral why not?
) How about "mourn not overmuch..mighty was the fallen.. meet was her ending."
Unless I die overseas I should like my bones to lie in the Woodland Burial ground where my mother is(and we made her funeral a good mix with the comfort of the BCP funeral sentences and favourite hymns and the personal - "Good night Sweetheart was played before the postlude"). I should like an elvish beech to mark my grave and this on it's plaque.
"Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar!
Nai elyë hiruva! Namárië!"