Elizabeth Barrett Browning, MrsCee - Sonnet 43 lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning, MrsCee - Sonnet 43 lyrics]
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