The Poetry Corner

A Wish.

By Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny)

Let me not die for ever, when I'm gone To the cold earth! but let my memory Live like the gorgeous western light that shone Over the clouds where sank day's majesty. Let me not be forgotten! though the grave Has clasped its hideous arms around my brow. Let me not be forgotten! though the wave Of time's dark current rolls above me now. Yet not in tears remembered be my name; Weep over those ye loved; for me, for me, Give me the wreath of glory, and let fame Over my tomb spread immortality!