<h2>XLIII</h2>
<p>How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<br/>
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<br/>
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<br/>
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.<br/>
I love thee to the level of everyday’s<br/>
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.<br/>
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;<br/>
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.<br/>
I love thee with the passion put to use<br/>
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.<br/>
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<br/>
With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,<br/>
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,<br/>
I shall but love thee better after death.</p>
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