367. Sonnet 21 Say Over Again by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
b'EB Browning read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nSonnet XXI\\nby Elizabeth Barrett Browning(1806 \\u2013 1861)\\n\\n\\nSay over again, and yet once over again,\\nThat thou dost love me. Though the word repeated\\nShould seem "a cuckoo-song," as thou dost treat it,\\nRemember, never to the hill or plain,\\nValley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain\\nComes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.\\nBelov\\xe8d, I, amid the darkness greeted\\nBy a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt\\u2019s pain \\nCry, "Speak once more\\u2014thou lovest!" Who can fear \\nToo many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,\\nToo many flowers, though each shall crown the year?\\nSay thou dost love me, love me, love me\\u2014toll\\nThe silver iterance!\\u2014only minding, Dear, \\nTo love me also in silence with thy soul.\\n\\nFirst aired: 20 November 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'