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, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the ...
“Song (When I am dead, my dearest)” Introduction The Victorian poet Christina Rossetti wrote "Song (When I am dead, my dearest)" in 1848 at the age of 18, though it wasn't published until 1862 in her collection Goblin Market and Other Poems. The poem focuses on death and mourning,...
When I am dead dig deep, And bury me there in the greenwood where I would forever sleep." He twanged his bow. Upon its course The clothyard arrow sped, And when it fell in yonder dell, Brave Robin Hood was dead. The sheriff sleeps in a marble vault, The king in a shroud of gol...
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 ...
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Christina Rossetti's poem Remember (also known as Remember Me When I Am Gone) contains similar inspirational thoughts alongside Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep. So does her poem called Song (When I am dead, my dearest) - Rossetti wrote other poems called Song, hence the sub-title diffe...
I would like to translate this poem Poems By Christina Georgina Rossetti From Sunset To Star Rise When I Am Dead, My Dearest A Daughter Of Eve Dream Land Remember See All Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti Next Poem 111 / 319 Previous Poem ...
And away I went to my heart's delight. My old mammy and my daddy too, Affection told me it will never do, I will not listen to what they say But still go on my own wicked way. When I am dead and in my grave A decent funeral pray let me have, ...
"Line 1- No longer mourn for me when I am dead " the speakers are still alive, he is reassuring his wife that it is okay to let go. The poet cannot escape from death, and his wish is that his partner should not live in pain. The speaker apparently wants his partner to move on ...
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