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 planned: 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VENICE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW OLD KING COLE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ODE TO DUTY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A CHILD'S GRAVE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SUMMER'S JOE by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON WRITTEN ON A MARBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |