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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.
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by
Christina Georgina
Rossetti
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Christina
Georgina Rossetti
was sister to the
pre-Raphaelite artist
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
She was the niece
of of Lord Byron's
personal physician,
John Polidori. Her
father, Gabriele
Rossetti, was a
poet who had came
to England for political
asylum from Naples,
Italy.
Christina was born
in London and educated
by her mother. As
a teenager, she
suffered from bouts
of depression and
illness. Her brother
Dante Gabriel was
very supportive
of Christina's creativity,
illustrating the
book covers of her
poetry and also
drawing numerous
portraits of her.
She began writing
at an early age
but her first work
was was not published
until she was 31.
The collection was
entitled Goblin
Market and Other
Poems. Her poetry
attracted great
praise and she was
soon compared to
Elizabeth Barrett
Browning.
Christina died in
1894, one year after
being diagnosed
with cancer and
was buried in Highgate
Cemetery, a Victorian
resting place known
for its many gothic
tombs.
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Georgina Rossetti
(1830 –
1894)
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