When I Am Dead, My Dearest

by Christina Rossetti

When I am dead, my dearest,

Sing no sad song 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 shadow

I shall not see the rain

I shall not hear the  nightingale

Sing on, as if in pain

And dreaming trough the twilight

That doth nor rise or set

Haply I may remember

And haply may forget