How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

{Wanda, Canada}

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

{Tressa, Norway}

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

{Sarah, Georgia}

I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

{Rikako, Japan}

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

{Maddy, NYC}

I love with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

{Lola, Utah}

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

{Kat}

With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,

{Becky, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}

Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,

{Caroline, England}

I shall but love thee better after death.

{Buckaroomama, Hong Kong}