When I Am Dead Lyrics

When I'am dead, my dearest
Sing nosad 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 me
And if thou wilt, forget

Fast asleep with singing birds cannot like her
Nor shake her the gusty blast
Under the pyrple thyme sleeping at last

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...