Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How Do I Love Thee?
Let Me Count the Ways
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love you 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 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.
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862)
Portrait of A Young Lady
Leo Sayer 【More Than I Can Say】
