| 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 everyday'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 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. |
Up to this year, I've found lots of them. I still remember the words in "Forest Gump" and still like the movie. His simplicity and the way he worked out only to live his life move mime.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
One of lifetime favorite poems
When you're truly and deeply in love with someone, you might like it:
And Elizabeth Barrett Browning certainly knew how to love.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely so. I also like some of her other poems. They are absolutely stunning.
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