How Do I Love Thee?by 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 with a 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.