How Do I Love Thee Response

How Do I Love Thee Response How do I love thee? Let me count the ways I love thee to the breadth and depth 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 ith the passion put to use With 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 breadth Smiles, tears all my life!- and, if God chooses I shall but love thee after death Response Thou should not count the breadth of loving ways I return thy love in equal amounts To the level of being in your grace Where thy heart can endear as I can count All the days without you that I must face Each day and each night as is my plight My love is so pure as well as sincere Thy love is taken by me as is my right Embody my soul for I would not care Gather thy saints on how hallowed they be Seeking a time for reflection with God If God choose to end my life before thee Strenghts shall abate on how slowly I plod My love will endure when my soul is free How Do I Love Thee Contest Sponsored by Mystic Rose Ralph Sergi February 18, 2016