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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet XLIII: How Do I Love Thee?
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	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.
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