The Angels of Woodland Cemetery

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.




Poem: When I am Dead, My Dearest by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Photos: 10/26/09 5:30 PM - Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH captured by me