Quote#Remembrance
When I am dead, my dearest
Quote byChristina Rossetti · 1830–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Song, st. 1 (1862)..
English (original)
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.
— Christina Rossetti
More from Christina Rossetti
Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land.
The birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.
For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.