Remember Me When I Am Gone Away (Poem By Christina Rossetti)

A beautiful poem with a clear and touching message about death, friendship and memory. It is sweet, elegant, and, in its own curious way, rather uplifting. If you like this you may also enjoy Rossetti's "Song," of which the first verse is below.

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

Transcript

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 planned.

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.

Reviews

Thank you 🙏

So very poignant, thinking of my beloved late husband who died 12 years ago yesterday, and whom I miss so terribly even though I’m happily remarried to another wonderful husband… I am so blessed. Thank you for sharing! 😊🙏🏻

Clear reading, beautiful thoughts

Well, that put a slight smile on my face, thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻