How do I love thee?

I love myself and all of those around me today as completely as this poem states. I have loved this poem since I first heard it over 15 years ago. I feel that love is poetry and this poem can describe love for any person.

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 that 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 love thee better after death. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning


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