I <br /> <br />Who can say where Echo dwells? <br />In some mountain-cave, methinks, <br />Where the white owl sits and blinks; <br />Or in deep sequestered dells, <br />Where foxglove hangs its bells, <br />Echo dwells. <br />Echo! <br />Echo! <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />Phantom of the crystal Air, <br />Daughter of sweet Mystery! <br />Here is one has need of thee; <br />Lead him to thy secret lair, <br />Myrtle brings he for thy hair-- <br />Hear his prayer, <br />Echo! <br />Echo! <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />Echo lift thy drowsy head, <br />And repeat each charmëd word <br />Thou must needs have overheard <br />Yestere'en ere, rosy-red, <br />Daphne down the valley fled-- <br />Words unsaid, <br />Echo! <br />Echo! <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />Breathe the vows she since denies! <br />She hath broken every vow; <br />What she would she would not now-- <br />Thou didst hear her perjuries. <br />Whisper, whilst I shut my eyes, <br />Those sweet lies, <br />Echo! <br />Echo!<br /><br />Thomas Bailey Aldrich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/echo-song/
