Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

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 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.

Submited by

Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 02:19

Poesia Consagrada :

  • Login to post comments
  • 2123 reads
No votes yet

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's picture
Offline
Title: Membro
Last seen: 14 years 15 weeks ago
Joined: 04/27/2011
Posts:
Points: 228

Add comment

Login to post comments

other contents of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topic Title Replies Views Last Postsort icon Language
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 0 2.123 05/08/2011 - 02:19 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : A Heavy Heart, Belovëd, Have I Borne 0 1.464 05/08/2011 - 02:18 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Grief 0 1.896 05/08/2011 - 02:17 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Go From Me--Yet I Feel That I Shall Stand 0 1.629 05/07/2011 - 02:21 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Futurity 0 1.747 05/07/2011 - 02:20 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : The First Time That the Sun Rose on Thine Oath 0 1.423 05/07/2011 - 02:19 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : First Time He Kissed Me, He But Only Kissed 0 1.923 05/07/2011 - 02:18 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : The Face of All the World Is Changed, I Think 0 1.377 05/07/2011 - 02:17 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Exaggeration 0 2.012 05/07/2011 - 02:16 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Discontent 0 1.763 05/07/2011 - 02:15 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : The Dance 0 2.028 05/07/2011 - 02:14 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : A Court Lady 0 1.955 05/07/2011 - 02:12 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Comfort 0 1.693 05/07/2011 - 02:09 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Cheerfulness Taught by Reason 0 1.534 05/07/2011 - 02:08 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Can It Be Right to Give What I Can Give? 0 1.561 05/07/2011 - 02:08 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : But Only Three in All God's Universe 0 1.632 05/07/2011 - 02:05 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Belovëd, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers 0 1.726 05/07/2011 - 02:04 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Belovëd, My Belovëd, When I Think 0 1.545 05/07/2011 - 02:01 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Because Thou Hast the Power and Own'st the Grace 0 1.759 05/07/2011 - 02:00 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : An August Voice 0 1.459 05/07/2011 - 01:59 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : An Apprehension 0 1.607 05/07/2011 - 01:57 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : And Yet, Because Thou Overcomest So 0 1.815 05/07/2011 - 01:56 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : And Wilt Thou Have Me Fashion Into Speech 0 1.434 05/07/2011 - 01:56 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : And Therefore If to Love Can Be Desert 0 1.828 05/07/2011 - 01:53 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems : Adequacy 0 2.341 05/07/2011 - 01:52 English