English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 610. Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| | | XXXIII |
| | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
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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 piled, | |
| To glance up in some face that proved me dear | |
| With the look of its eyes. I miss the clear | 5 |
| 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. | 10 |
| 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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