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 no 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.