Remember

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.