Remember me when I am gone away, <br /> Gone far away into the silent land; <br /> When you can no more hold me by the hand, <br /> Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. <br /> Remember me when no more day by day <br /> You tell me of our future that you plann'd: <br /> Only remember me; you understand <br /> It will be late to counsel then or pray. <br /> Yet if you should forget me for a while <br /> And afterwards remember, do not grieve: <br /> For if the darkness and corruption leave <br /> A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, <br /> Better by far you should forget and smile <br /> Than that you should remember and be sad.<br /><br />Christina Georgina Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remember/
