Quote#Remembrance
When I am laid, am laid in earth
Quote byNahum Tate · 1652–1715
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dido and Aeneas (opera; music by Henry Purcell).
English (original)
When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create No trouble, no trouble in thy breast; Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate. Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
— Nahum Tate
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