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. I shall not see the shadows,... Living English Poets MDCCCXCIII. - Page 471893 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1878 - 708 pages
...roses at my head. Nor shady cypress-tree ; 624 lie the green grass above me With showers and dew-drops wet, And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt,...nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. SWINBURNE. BEFORE PARTING. A MONTH or twain to live on honeycomb Is pleasant ; but one tires of scented... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...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. I shall not see the shadows, I shall uot feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on, as if in pain: And dreaming through the... | |
| English poetry - 1883 - 378 pages
...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,...nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. The sunrise wakes the lark to sing, The moonrise wakes the nightingale. Come darkness, moonrise, everything... | |
| Love-knots - 1883 - 234 pages
...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,...nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. Poems. (Macmillan.) IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's... | |
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1883 - 396 pages
...no roses at my head, No shady cypress-tree ! Be the green grass above me, With showers and dew-drops wet ; And, if thou wilt, remember ! And, if thou wilt,...set, Haply I may remember, — And haply may forget. THE BOURNE. Underneath the growing grass, Underneath the living flowers, Deeper than the sound of showers,... | |
| Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 pages
...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,...shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain ; And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may... | |
| English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...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,...nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. JEAN INGELOW. 1830[DAUGHTER of Mr. Wm. Ingelow, late of Ipswich, Suffolk; born about 1830. Her first... | |
| Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 702 pages
...no roses at my bead. Nor shady cypress tree : Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt,...Sing on, as if in pain : And dreaming through the twilighi That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. JEAN INGELOW. 1830[DAUGHTER... | |
| Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 392 pages
...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, And if thou wilt,...nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. CONSIDER. CONSIDER The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief: We are as they; Consider The sparrows... | |
| Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 392 pages
...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, And if thou wilt,...pain : And dreaming through the twilight That doth riot rise nor set. Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. CONSIDER. CONSIDER The lilies of the... | |
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