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Echo

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Come to me in the silence of the night;         Come in the speaking silence of a dream;     Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright         As sunlight on a stream;             Come back in tears,     O memory, hope, love of finished years.     Oh dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet,         Whose wakening should have been in Paradise,     Where souls brimfull of love abide and meet;         Where thirsting longing eyes             Watch the slow door     That opening, letting in, lets out no more.     Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live         My very life again though cold in death:     Come back to me in dreams, that I may give         Pulse for pulse, breath for breath:             Speak low, lean low,     As long ago, my love, how long ago!

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"Come to me in the silence of the night;..."

This evocative piece by Christina Georgina Rossetti, titled "Echo", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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