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When I Am Dead, My Dearest Lyrics by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Six Sorrow Songs

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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

I shall not see the shadows
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set
Haply I may remember
And haply may forget

About “When I Am Dead, My Dearest” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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"When I Am Dead, My Dearest" appears on "Six Sorrow Songs".

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