Come not, when I am dead...
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Come not, when I am dead... Lyrics
Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.
There let the wind sweep and the plover cry;
But thou, go by.
Child, if it were thine error or thy crime
I care no longer, being all unblest:
Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time,
And I desire to rest.
Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie:
Go by, go by.
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.
There let the wind sweep and the plover cry;
But thou, go by.
Child, if it were thine error or thy crime
I care no longer, being all unblest:
Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time,
And I desire to rest.
Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie:
Go by, go by.
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- 2.Claribel
- 3.Lilian
- 4.Isabel
- 5.Mariana
- 7.Madeline
- 12.Adeline
- 13.A Character
- 14.The Sea-Fairies
- 16.The Dying Swan
- 17.A dirge
- 19.Circumstance
- 20.The Merman
- 21.The Mermaid
- 24.Eleänore
- 26.Fatima
- 27.OEnone
- 28.The Sisters
- 32.The May Queen
- 33.New Year’s Eve
- 34.Conclusion
- 35.The Lotos Eaters
- 36.Margaret
- 37.The Blackbird
- 39.To J. S.
- 43.The Goose
- 44.The Epic
- 45.Morte d’Arthur
- 47.Dora
- 48.Audley Court
- 52.The Talking Oak
- 53.Love and Duty
- 54.The Golden Year
- 55.Locksley Hall
- 56.Godiva
- 57.The Two Voices
- 60.The Revival
- 61.The Departure
- 62.L’Envoi
- 63.Amphion
- 64.St. Agnes
- 65.Sir Galahad
- 66.Edward Grey
- 68.To E. L.
- 69.Lady Clare
- 72.A Farewell
- 73.The Beggar Maid
- 75.Come not, when I am dead...
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- 79.The Poet’s Song
- 80.Elegiacs
- 87.Nothing Will Die
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- 90.The Mystic
- 91.The Grasshopper
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- 96.Love and Sorrow
- 102.Love
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