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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         5
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:        10
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.

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2. Remember: Text of the Poem
3. Remember: Summary
4. Remember: Christina Rossetti Biography
5. Remember: Themes
6. Remember: Style
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9. Remember: Essays and Criticism
   1. The Speaker's Lack of Sincerity
   2. Rossetti’s Cold Women: Irony and Liminal Fantasy in the Death Lyrics
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