How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

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. (Response) What magnitude of love, thou hath for me A flowing fountain welleth up inside Overfilling my heart with love and pride Merely mirrors the love I share for thee Our two hearts were meshed by God's blessed grace Our love strengthens the tie that binds our souls Untempered by heaven, forever it grows Immeasurable love through time and space Countless stars will sleep, winds will rise and fall My darling, I thirst and hunger for thee Please bringeth forth thy love and comfort me The love we share encompasses all Such Divine love before unknown to man Such true love shall never be known again response to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnet How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... Feb 12 2016 Blessed read as two syllables in line 5 14 lines - 10 syllables per line by Daniel Turner