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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