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=Elizabeth Browning=



Born in Coxhoe Hall, County Durham, England Born into a wealthy family First published works in 1820 Married Robert Browning in 1846

Completed works:

 * Barrett Browning's first known poem was written at the age of six or eight, "On the Cruelty of Forcement to Man" (1812)
 * Her first independent publication was //Stanzas Excited by Reflections on the Present State of Greece// in The New Monthly Magazine (1821)
 * Her first collection of poems: //An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems// (1826)
 * Poems opposing slavery: //The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point// and //A Curse for a Nation//
 * She wrote to // John Ruskin // in 1855
 * //The Romaunt of Margaret//
 * //The Romaunt of the Page//
 * //The Poet's Vow//
 * // The Seraphim and Other Poems ( // 1838)
 * //Sonnets from the Portuguese// and //Aurora Leigh//.
 * // Poems before Congress // (1860)

SONNET #43

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

media type="file" key="sonnet 43 voice.mp3" width="240" height="20" 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.

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