English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 598. Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| | | XXI |
| | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
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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 | 5 |
| Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed. | |
| Belovèd, I, amid the darkness greeted | |
| By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt’s pain | |
| Cry, “Speak once more—thou lovest!” Who can fear | |
| Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll, | 10 |
| 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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