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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXI

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Say over again, and yet once over again,     That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated     Should seem a cuckoo-song, as thou dost treat it,     Remember, never to the hill or plain,     Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain     Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.     Belovd, I, amid the darkness greeted     By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubts pain     Cry, Speak once more, thou lovest! Who can fear     Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,     Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?     Say thou dost love me, love me, love me, toll     The silver iterance! only minding, Dear,     To love me also in silence with thy soul.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her "Sonnets from the Portuguese" are among the most famous love poems in English, and her verse novel "Aurora Leigh" addressed women's roles in society and art.

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