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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXXIII

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear     The name I used to run at, when a child,     From innocent play, and leave the cowslips plied,     To glance up in some face that proved me dear     With the look of its eyes. I miss the clear     Fond voices which, being drawn and reconciled     Into the music of Heavens undefiled,     Call me no longer. Silence on the bier,     While I call God, call God! so let thy mouth     Be heir to those who are now exanimate.     Gather the north flowers to complete the south,     And catch the early love up in the late.     Yes, call me by that name, and I, in truth,     With the same heart, will answer and not wait.

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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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