Remember me..

                                         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.

                                                                                Christina Rossetti