How Do I Love Thee
John recited this poem by Browning
to Marlena in Hawaii on 7/8/99
John: Marlena Evans Black,
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.
Marlena: 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;
John: I love thee purely,
as they turn from Praise.
Marlena: 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,
John and Marlena together:
I shall but love thee better
after death.
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