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.

Song, st. 1 (1862).

Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/Song ("When I am dead, my dearest")