After Death

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    Christina Georgina Rossetti
When I am dead， my dearest，
    Sing no sad song 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 thouwilt，remember，
    Andifthouwilt， forget.
lshallnotseetheshadows，
    1shallnotfeeltherain；
I shall not hear the nightingale
    Singon，asifin pain；
And dreamingthrough twilight
    That doth not rise nor set，
HaplyImayremember，
    And haply may forget.