And When I’m Gone…

When I am dead, my dearest
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.
Written by:  Christina Rossetti
[What an incredibly sad, yet touching poem…     —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2021	Better To Lie, Get Rich And Destroy Your Country
	Love Is All There Is
2020	You Remind Me Of Someone
	When I Grow Up I Want To…
2019	Running History, But I Don’t Expect Many To Match It…
	It’s Probably Easier When You Live Alone
2018	25 Days Until The November Election
	Old And Young
2017	Universal Soul Sounds
2016	Not Rivals
2015	Dead Sure
2014	Are You Educated?
2013	For Myself
2012	And When I’m Gone…
2011	Complete Conviction

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