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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

How Do I Love Thee?



How Do I Love Thee?

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 candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;


I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the 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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