Lyric Poem · Peace

Sonnet 33 - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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1Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear

2The name I used to run at, when a child,

3From innocent play, and leave the cowslips piled,

4To glance up in some face that proved me dear

5With the look of its eyes. I miss the clear

6Fond voices which, being drawn and reconciled

7Into the music of Heaven's undefiled,

8Call me no longer. Silence on the bier,

9While I call God—call God!—So let thy mouth

10Be heir to those who are now exanimate.

11Gather the north flowers to complete the south,

12And catch the early love up in the late.

13Yes, call me by that name,—and I, in truth,

14With the same heart, will answer and not wait.

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Poem: Sonnet 33 - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
Poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Length: 14 lines
Form: Lyric Poem
Themes: Peace, Love, Nature

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Author record: Elizabeth Barrett Browning1806–1861
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Lyric Poem Peace Love Nature

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