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How do I Love thee?

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 every days     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 childhoods 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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About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her "Sonnets from the Portuguese" are among the most famous love poems in English, and her verse novel "Aurora Leigh" addressed women's roles in society and art.

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