I will miss your cheeky smile and dry sense of humour
You and Iris welcomed me into your family and I am proud to have called you my No 2 Dad..
Rest in peace Derek, with Iris beside you.
All my love Elizabeth xxx
Elizabeth
15th January 2020
Dad used to love the poem 'I wandered Lonely as a Cloud' by William Wordsworth. Here are the words:
I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:-
A Poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude,
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils.
Published in Collected Poems, 1815
Lian
15th January 2020
Thank you for setting up this memorial to Derek.
We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.
Sent by Rosedale Funeral Home on 15/01/2020