...sang for hope that is so fair : My tears were swallowed by the sea ; Her songs died on the air. SONG. 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 f With showers and dewdrops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,...

...sang for hope that is so fair : My tears were swallowed by the sea; Her songs died on the air. SONG. 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,...

...From God's great martyr Polycarp, who saw the face of John. UNIVERSITY COLL., OXFORD. W. BRIGHT, MA 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 e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest for that high nature's sake. Mrs. Hemans. SONG. 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 dew-drops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,...

...God's great martyr Polycarp, who saw the face of John. UNIVERSITY COLL., OXFORD. W. BRIGHT, MA jHEJS" 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,...

...cadences a world of heart-heaviness : ' When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no Bad songs for me ; Plant thon no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress-tree : Be the...green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet ; R And if thon wilt, remember, And if t In m wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not...

...prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. O. GOLDSMITH. $ober. ' HEN 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 dew-drops wet ; And if thou wilt, remember,...

...own self, are changed For a dream's sake. Christina Rossetti. CCXLIII. LOVES DESPAIR. WHEN I AM DEAD. 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,...

...for memory; She sang for hope that is so fair; My tears were swallowed by the sea; SONG. "\ "\ 7"HEN 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,...

...Movement andante sostenuto : the melody^ flows easily, but a little sadly withal, as befits the words. " When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me: Plant tliou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree. And if tliou wilt, rememlMjr, And if tliou wilt,...