How do I love? let me count the ways. br I love you 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 you to the level of every day's br Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. br I love you freely, as men strive for right br I love purely, as they turn from praise br I love you with the passion put to use br In my old griefs and with my childhood's faith br I love you with a love I seemed to lose br With my lost saints-I love you with the breath, br smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, br I shall but love you better after death br br br by E.