<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384775" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When I Am Dead</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I am dead, if some chastened one<br> Seeing the 'item, ' or hearing it said<br>That my play is over and my part done<br> And I lie asleep in my narrow bed -<br>If I could know that some soul would say, <br> Speaking aloud or silently, <br>'In the heat and the burden of the day<br> She gave a refreshing draught to me'; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or, 'When I was lying nigh unto death<br> She nursed me to life and to strength again, <br>And when I laboured and struggled for breath<br> She smoothed and quieted down my pain'; <br>Or, 'When I was groping in grief and doubt, <br> Lost, and turned from the light o'er the day, <br>Her hand reached me and helped me out<br> And led me up to the better way'; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or, 'When I was hated and shunned by all, <br> Bowing under my sin and shame, <br>She, once in passing me by, let fall<br> Words of pity and hope, that came<br>Into my heart like a blessed calm<br> Over the waves of the stormy sea, <br>Words of comfort like oil and balm, <br> She spake, and the desert blossomed for me'; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Better, by far, than a marble tomb -<br> Than a monument towering over my head<br>(What shall I care, in my quiet room, <br> For headboard or footboard when I am dead?): <br>Better than glory, or honours, or fame<br> (Though I am striving for those to-day) , <br>To know that some heart would cherish my name<br> And think of me kindly, with blessings, alway.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384775" data-title="When I Am Dead de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="When I am dead, if some chastened one Seeing the 'item, ' or hearing it said That my play is over and my part done And I lie asleep in my narrow bed - If I could know that some soul would say, Speaking aloud or silently, 'In the heat and the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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