The obituary notice of Edward Patrick STEWART

The Phoenix was written by Ted when in Lebanon 1994

And death shall have no dominion

Dylan Thomas
1914 – 1953

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

There is, of course, no way to reflect on a life well lived in only a few paragraphs. Thinking of Ted, I will remember a man that experienced many foreign lands and many personal adventures in this journey called life, and allowed that experience to make him a wiser, more loving and more caring person.

It would be folly for me to think that I can know the real purpose or destiny of another person, but at least from my reference point, I trust that Ted will reflect on his life as a life well lived. Those of us that remain in the physical will miss you, Ted.

Until we meet again, enjoy your new adventure and journey dear friend.