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.