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.
~ Christina Rossetti
~
One of the Victorian
era's pre-eminent poets.
Music "No More Sorrow"
Used with permission
Bruce DeBoar
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