"Amore"
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.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning~
neither is tongue, but in deed
and in truth."
~John 3:18~
that ye love one another."
~John 15:17~
Doth the winge'd life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
as the angels may
With the breath of heaven
betwixt you....
Oh, never call it loving!
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning~
the voice of all the gods
Makes heaven
drowsy with the harmony.
~William Shakespeare~
