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Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti
Age: 64 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 5
Died: 1894
Died: December 29
Hymnwriter
Poet
Writer
London
England
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina G. Rossetti
Showers
Grass
Thou
Green
Dewdrops
Dying
Cypresses
Forget
Shady
Death
Wilt
Remember
Wet

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