[00:13.84]How do I love thee?
[00:16.13]Let me count the ways.
[00:18.94]I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
[00:21.58]My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
[00:25.39]For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
[00:30.41]I love thee to the level of every day's
[00:34.15]Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
[00:36.39]I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
[00:40.71]I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
[00:44.89]I love thee with the passion put to use
[00:47.01]In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
[00:51.69]I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
[00:53.98]With my lost saints -- I love thee with the breath,
[01:03.00]Smiles, tears, of all my life!and, if God choose,
[01:04.54]I shall but love thee better after death.
[01:07.79]