When I Am Dead, My Dearest, Cristina Georgiana Rossetti
When I Am Dead, My Dearest Cristina Georgiana Rossetti(1830~94) : 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 hear the nightingale Sing on, as if in pain; And dreaming through the..
A Red, Red Rose, Robert Burns
A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns(1759~1796) O! my love’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; O! my Love’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in June. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: O! I will love thee still, my dear, While the..
AS THRO' THE LAND AT EVE WE WENT, Alfred Lord Tennyson
AS THRO' THE LAND AT EVE WE WENT Alfred Lord Tennyson As thro' the land at eve we went, And pluck'd the ripen'd ears, We fell out, my wife and I, O, we fell out, I know not why, And kiss'd again with tears. And blessings on the falling out That all the more endears, When we fall out with those we love And kiss again with tears! For when we came where lies the child We lost in other years, Ther..