 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 psl.
...She sang for hope that is so fair : My tears were swallowed by the sea ; Her songs died on the air. SONG. 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 f With showers and dewdrops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1865 - 212 psl.
...She sang for hope that is so fair : My tears were swallowed by the sea; Her songs died on the air. SONG. 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,... | |
 | 1866 - 848 psl.
...If in a field or tree There might only be Such a warm soft sleeping-place Found for me ! —Roattti. SONG. When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs...cypress-tree ; Be the green grass above me With showers and dew-drop* wet ; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows,... | |
 | 1867 - 510 psl.
...From God's great martyr Polycarp, who saw the face of John. UNIVERSITY COLL., OXFORD. W. BRIGHT, MA 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,... | |
 | 1869 - 254 psl.
...us deem ! and e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest for that high nature's sake. Mrs. Hemans. SONG. 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 dew-drops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,... | |
 | 1867 - 194 psl.
...God's great martyr Polycarp, who saw the face of John. UNIVERSITY COLL., OXFORD. W. BRIGHT, MA jHEJS" 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,... | |
 | Harry Buxton Forman - 1871 - 536 psl.
...cadences a world of heart-heaviness : ' When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no Bad songs for me ; Plant thon no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress-tree : Be the...green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet ; R And if thon wilt, remember, And if t In m wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not... | |
 | 1873 - 466 psl.
...prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. O. GOLDSMITH. $ober. ' HEN 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 dew-drops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 psl.
...own self, are changed For a dream's sake. Christina Rossetti. CCXLIII. LOVES DESPAIR. WHEN I AM DEAD. 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,... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1875 - 314 psl.
...for memory; She sang for hope that is so fair; My tears were swallowed by the sea; SONG. "\ "\ 7"HEN 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,... | |
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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. 
