Remember Me

Remember Me

I bring no chain of rarest worth -

No coral from the deep sea-cave -

No gem long hid within the earth,

To shine where now those tresses wave;

A gift more precious, far, is mine,

Than sparkling gem from earth or sea;

This treasury of thought - 't is shine;

The boon it asks - 'Remember me.'

I may not, here, usurp the page

To court the breath of fleeting fame;

Enough for me, in after age,

If in thy memory lives my name.

In other years, or distant climes -

Whate'er my future fate may be,

A spell to call back by-gone times

Still dwelleth here - 'Remember me.'

'Remember me!' - how few, how short

Those touching words - that little spell!

What thoughts uprise - what visions throng

In wakened fancy's holiest cell!

They tell of many a chance to come;

May every chance bring joy to thee!

In pleasure's light, or sorrow's gloom -

In weal - in wo - 'Remember me.'

Unattributed

3:15, p. 4

1839.06.08