Those who make the pilgrimage to Charles Bronson’s final resting place in West Windsor, Vermont, will find a large memorial stone set horizontally into the ground. Below his name are the words “Cherished husband and father.” But beneath that are the lines from Clare Harner’s 1934 poem, “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” (via Find a Grave).
The poem reads: “Do not stand at my grave and weep / I am not here, I do not sleep / I am a thousand winds that blow / I am the diamond’s glints on snow / I am the sunlight on ripened grain / I am the autumn’s gentle rain / When you awaken in the morning’s hush / I am the swift uplifting rush / Of quiet birds in circled flight / I am the soft stars that shine at night / Do not stand at my grave and cry / I am not here, I did not die.”
When he was laid to rest, he was interred with the walking cane that contained his late wife’s ashes (per The Sun). But why was the Hollywood actor buried in Vermont?
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