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How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)<br>Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861<br><br> How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<br>I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<br>My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<br>For the ends of being and ideal grace.<br>I love thee to the level of every day's<br>Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.<br>I love thee freely, as men strive for right.<br>I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.<br>I love thee with the passion put to use<br>In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.<br>I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<br>With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,<br>Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,<br>I shall but love thee better after death.