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.