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,
Not I half turning to go, yet turning to 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 too late to counsel 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 thoughts I once had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.