CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

��786. Is it Well with the Child?

CAFE where I cannot die yet, ^ Safe where I hope to lie too, Safe from the fume and the fret ; You, and you,

Whom I never forget. Safe from the frost and the snow,

Safe from the storm and the sun, Safe where the seeds wait to grow One by one,

And to come back in blow.

��787. Remember

TD EMEMBER me when I am gone away,

AV 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.

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