How Do I Love Thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806 to 1861
Track 1
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I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I shall but love thee better after death.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
I love thee with the passion put to use
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