505. Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti
b'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'