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.
Notes
Composition Date:
Dec. 1848
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Christina's brother and editor, William Michael Rossetti, commented: "This celebrated lyric ... has perhaps been oftener quoted, and certainly oftener set to music, than anything else by Christina Rossetti."
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From guest Rosie (contact)
I find this quite an inspiring poem. It is though she has accepted death and the things it brings.. It is one of the poems I am studying for my English Literature GCSE however it was not one of the 3 of 5 poems we were given that I chose to analyse fully. I was under the impression, however, that it was called 'Song'. Still, anyhow, must be getting on! x -
This was my very first introduction to the world of poetry, other than childrens rhymes. This poem got me hooked on poetry, it is stil my favourite and i think one of the most beautiful oieces of writing i have ever written.
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She spoke with assurance of her destiny -
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I love this poem, it helps me think of all the people I have lost in my life and it helps me think positivly of the fact that they are gone. But it helps me think of thme being in heaven. Especially A friend (Well an aquantince) that I knew from school named Jorj who had got shot just a few months ago. -
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death is not something to be feared but to be welcomed .The poetess has very profoundly described death as a beautiful departure to a loving home.
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At the end of a day, what better site could I read from?
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This is the way I think my mother feels. She tells when she dies to celabrate because she going to heaven and she doesn't want us to morn about that.
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