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.
by Christina Rossetti (1862)
Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on 5 December 1830 in London, England. She was a poet. She is known for “Goblin Market” and “Remember” among other works. Christina Georgina Rossetti passed on at 64 years of age on 29 December 1894 in London, England.
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.
by Christina Rossetti (1862)
Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on 5 December 1830 in London, England. She was a poet. She is known for “Goblin Market” and “Remember” among other works. Christina Georgina Rossetti passed on at 64 years of age on 29 December 1894 in London, England.
