English poem
Sonnet 33 - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
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 piled, 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 Heaven's 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.
More by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Sonnet 22 - When our two souls stand up erect and strong
- Sonnet 23 - Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead
- Sonnet 30 - I see thine image through my tears to-night
- Sonnet 32 - The first time that the sun rose on thine oath
- Sonnet 34 - With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
- Sonnet 38 - First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
- Sonnet 40 - Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!
- Sonnet 44 - Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers