Come in Silence is a setting of the poem “Echo” by Christina Rossetti. The composer wrote the song as a trio, adding the violin to intertwine with the singer’s rising and falling melodic lines. In deciphering this incredibly beautiful text, the composer was drawn to the sonorities of quintal chords—painting the complicated melancholy that comes with love and loss. Although each verse is similar in musical structure, slight changes in melody and accompaniment develop the sense intensity and pain within the poetry.