It appeared in the Poetry Speaks Calendar on the weekend of April 22/23.
I found out during the MPO Contemporary Chamber Concert yesterday that the pianist Liberace liked reciting this poem during his concerts.
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 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.
1 comment:
WOW!!!
How coincidental!! It's just last Sunday when I read this poem of hers online. :) It was said to be one of the best-written sonnet, because of its simplicity <--- as said from the site.
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