{"id":190203,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/190203-echo-poem-by-christina-rossetti-1854","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/190203","headline":"Echo || Poem by Christina Rossetti (1854)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcho\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome to me in the silence of the night;\u003cbr\u003e Come in the speaking silence of a dream;\u003cbr\u003eCome with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright\u003cbr\u003e As sunlight on a stream;\u003cbr\u003e Come back in tears,\u003cbr\u003eO memory, hope, love of finished years.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eO dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet,\u003cbr\u003e Whose wakening should have been in Paradise,\u003cbr\u003eWhere souls brimful of love abide and meet;\u003cbr\u003e Where thirsting longing eyes\u003cbr\u003e Watch the slow door\u003cbr\u003eThat opening, letting in, lets out no more.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYet come to me in dreams, that I may live\u003cbr\u003e My very life again though cold in death:\u003cbr\u003eCome back to me in dreams, that I may give\u003cbr\u003e Pulse for pulse, breath for breath:\u003cbr\u003e Speak low, lean low,\u003cbr\u003eAs long ago, my love, how long ago!\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristina Georgina Rossetti \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e(1830 –1894), was an English writer born in London. She authored many romantic, devotional and children's poems, including \"Goblin Market\" and \"Remember\". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: \"In the Bleak Midwinter\" and \"Love Came Down at Christmas\",  She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti II and features in several of his paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis poem is in the public domain.\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"EchoCome 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 doorThat 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!Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 –1894), was an English writer born in London. She authored many romantic, devotional and children's poems, including \"Goblin Market\" and \"Remember\". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: \"In the Bleak Midwinter\" and \"Love Came Down at Christmas\",  She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti II and features in several of his paintings.This poem is in the public domain.","published_at":"2026-06-11T18:38:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-06-11T18:39:01-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos 365. View their post published Jun/11/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":1,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/190203-echo-poem-by-christina-rossetti-1854","headline":"Echo || Poem by Christina Rossetti (1854)","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-06-11T18:38:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":1}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}