HOW DO I LOVE THEE?
Besides Paul's Letter to the Corinthians on Love (1 Cor 13), I am now offering couples whose marriage I am invited to witness this following passage on love, which poetry some very much like as part of their wedding vows:"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 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 oid 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, Srniles, tears of all my life!-and if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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