My attempt at a fierce, passionate reading of one of the most famous love sonnets in the English language. The poem was inspired by Barrett Browning's intense love for her husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. They lived during the Victorian period and they were widely regarded as two of the foremost poets of their time.
The poem, known as "How Do I Love Thee?" or simply as "Sonnet 43", was written in 1845 and first published in the collection "Sonnets from the Portuguese", in 1850.
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"How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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 everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
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.
