🌺How Do I Love Thee? ❤

🌺How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)❤
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.
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.💖