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.