2016年8月9日星期二

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 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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