~Sonnet 43~ one of my favorites :)

Arts & Culture Poetry ( Intikhaab & Sho'ra-e-Gupshup)
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Sonnet 43
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 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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That is beautiful.... thanks for sharing

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Nice :k:

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Nice