505. Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti
CG Rossetti read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------\n\nSong\nby Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 \u2013 1894)\n\nWhen I am dead, my dearest, \nSing no sad songs for me; \nPlant thou no roses at my head, \nNor shady cypress tree: \nBe the green grass above me \nWith showers and dewdrops wet; \nAnd if thou wilt, remember, \nAnd if thou wilt, forget. \n\nI shall not see the shadows, \nI shall not feel the rain; \nI shall not hear the nightingale \nSing on, as if in pain: \nAnd dreaming through the twilight \nThat doth not rise nor set, \nHaply I may remember, \nAnd haply may forget. \n\n\nFirst aired: 27 May 2008\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009