Sunday, 24 July 2011

How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I Love Thee?  Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height, My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight.  For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.  I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle light.  I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use in my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.  I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! and, If God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

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