Song

Christina Rossetti

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.