Sonnet 43 Quotes

“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”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways. Love Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I shall but love thee bitter after death”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways. Love Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“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.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 43