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Sonnet 43 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet 43 How do I love thee Let me count the ways Poem 

................... by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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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 everyday'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 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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