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