PoemRequiem
Author / PoetChristina Rossetti
TagsDeath, Memory, Nature, Remembrance

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
5 Dec 1830 - 29 Dec 1894
Region: Northern Europe
Period: Victorian
Movement: Pre-Raphaelite

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A Green CornfieldFreedom, Harmony, Nature
A BirthdayCelebration, Joy, Love
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