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 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.
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XXXIII
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
From Standard Ebooks · standardebooks/elizabeth-barrett-browning_sonnets-from-the-portuguese
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