Echo - Christina Rossetti

Line 1 - Come to me in the ____ of the _____;

Come to me in the silence of the night;

Line 2 - Come in the _____ silence of a ____;

Come in the speaking silence of a dream;

Line 3 - Come with —— rounded cheeks and —— as ——

Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright

Line 4 - As __ on a __ ;

As sunlight on a stream;

Line 5 - Come ___ back in _____,

Come back in tears

Line 6 - O ___, hope, ___ of ___ years.

O Memory, hope, love of finished years.

Stanza 1

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.

Line 7 - O ___ how sweet, too ___, too ___ sweet,

O dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet,

Line 8 - Whose ____ should have been in ____

Whose wakening should have been in Paradise,

Line 9 - Where ___ brimfull of ___ abide and ___;

Where souls brimfull of love abide and meet;

Line 10 - Where ____ _____ eyes

Where thirsting longing eyes

Line 11 - Watch the ___ ____

Watch the slow door

Line 12 - That ____, letting in, lets ___ no ___.

That opening, letting in, lets out no more.

Stanza 2

O dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet, Whose wakening should have been in Paradise Where souls brimful of love abide and meet; Where thirsting longing eyes Watch the slow door That opening, letting in, lets out no more.

Line 13 - Yet ___ to me in ____, that I may ___

Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live

Line 14 - My very ___ again ____ cold in ____

My very life again tho’ cold in death:

Line 15 - ____ back to me in ____, that I ___ give

Come back to me in dreams, that I may give

Line 16 - ____ for ____, ____ for breath:

Pulse for pulse, breathe for breathe:

Line 17 - Speak ___, ___ low,

Speak low, lean low,

Line 18 - As ___ ago, my ___, how ___ ago

As long ago, my love, how long ago.

Stanza 3

Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live My very life again tho’ cold in death: Come back to me in dreams, that I may give Pulse for pulse, breathe for breathe: Speak low, lean low, As long ago, my love, how long ago.

Full poem

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.

O dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet, Whose wakening should have been in Paradise Where souls brimful 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 tho’ cold in death: Come back to me in dreams, that I may give Pulse for pulse, breathe for breathe: Speak low, lean low, As long ago, my love, how long ago.