Haply Ever After

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,

And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shad ows,

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