Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample [round]1 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.
Two Books of Song, Volume I : In the Shadow
Song Cycle by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908)
?. Come not, when I am dead  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Stanzas", appears in Keepsake, first published 1850, rev. 1851
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