How Do I Love Thee? - A Love Poem For Weddings

"How Do I Love Thee" is one of the most well-known and popular pieces of poetry written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861). It is a beautiful piece in which she describes her feelings for her husband, Robert Browning. This poem can be found in her most famous work "Sonnets from the Portuguese", a wonderful collection of love sonnets.

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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 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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