Remember

REMEMBER me when I am gone away,     
Gone far away into the silent land;     
When you can no more hold me by the hand,     
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.     
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:     
Only remember me; you understand     

It will be late to counsel then or pray.     
Yet if you should forget me for a while     
And afterwards remember, do not grieve.
For if the darkness and corruption leave     

A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,     
Better by far you should forget and smile     
Than that you should remember and be sad.

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By: Christina Georgina Rossetti