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
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) Born in London, Victorian poet Rossetti was the youngest of four artistic and literary siblings; best known is Dante Gabriel Rossetti, pre-Raphaelite poet and painter. Christina Rossetti served as model for her brother's early paintings, for example, "The Annunciation" (pictured). "Goblin Market" is perhaps her most famous work.
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