Say Over Again

"Say Over Again" - Elizabeth Browning

Say over again, and yet once over again,

That thou dost love me,

Though the word repeated

Should seem a "cuckoo-song," as dost treat it,

Remember, never to the hill or plain,

Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain

Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.

Beloved, I, amid the darkness greeted

By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt's pain

Cry, "Speak once more--thou lovest!" Who can fear

Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,

Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?

Say thou dost love me, love me, love me--toll

The silver iterance!--only minding, Dear,

To love me also in silence with thy soul.



I get it.  If I understand anything about Elizabeth Browning, it's that she wants to hear sweet things.  I think that she means more when she says that she wants her partner to "say" how much he loves her.  She wants to see his love demonstrated in his actions, his words, and even his silences.  Like I said, I get it.  Being a million (give or take) miles from home and with Valentine's Day coming up, I can't get enough sweet things.