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- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894, Viktorianisches England)
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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.
(Wohnzimmeraufnahmen - 7)
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.
(Wohnzimmeraufnahmen - 7)
