Remember by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\n\n---------------------------------------------------\n\n Remember\n\nby Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 \u2013 1894)\n \nRemember me when I am gone away, \n Gone far away into the silent land; \n When you can no more hold me by the hand, \nNor I half turn to go, yet turning stay. \nRemember me when no more day by day \n You tell me of our future that you plann'd: \n Only remember me; you understand \nIt will be late to counsel then or pray. \nYet if you should forget me for a while \n And afterwards remember, do not grieve: \n For if the darkness and corruption leave \n A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, \nBetter by far you should forget and smile \n Than that you should remember and be sad.