Christina Rossetti quote: Yet if you should forget me for a whileAnd afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leaveA ...

Yet if you should forget me for a whileAnd afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leaveA vestige of thoughts that I once had,Better by far you should forget and smileThan that you should remember and be sad.

~ Christina Rossetti ~

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