richard lim, the editor of "the straits times", interpreted hicks in a eulogy by recalling her life and contributions to the paper, and by publishing an excerpt of the famous essay "whistling of birds" by d. h. lawrence. lim began his piece with a line from the famous folk/rock song "fire and rain" by james taylor. "sweet dreams and flying machines, and pieces on the ground," as if sung into his readers' memories in taylor's highly somber tone, seemed to perfectly encapsulate much of the retrospective feeling across singapore about hicks' life and sudden death.