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.
From: Song
By: Christina Rossetti
Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti
- Mirage
- A Better Resurrection
- Dream Land
- Song
- The World
- The Convent Threshold
- Remember
- A Dream
- The Lambs of Grasmere
- I Watched a Rosebud
Christina Rossetti Poetryat Amazon
(Christina Rossetti) (British Poets) (Female Poets)
- More Poetry of Christina Rossetti external link