How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and
height my soul can reach … I love thee with
the smiles, tears of all my life – and if God
choose, I shall but love thee
better after death.
~ From the poem “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Browning
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds
of May; andnd summer’s lease hath all
too short a date.
~ From “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare
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Always it’s spring and
everyone’s in love and
flowers pick themselves
~ From the poem, “Who Knows if the Moon’s” by E.E. Cummings
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You pierce my soul. I am half agony,
half hope. Tell me not that I am too late,
that such precious feelings are gone forever.
~ From Persuasion by Jane Austen
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There are darknesses in life and there are
lights, and you are one of the lights,
the light of all lights.
~ From Dracula by Bram Stoker
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You are part of my existence, part of myself
You have been in every line I have ever read
~ From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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He’s more myself than I am.
Whatever our souls are made of,
his and mine are the same.
~ From Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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Someone like you
may never know
how long a night can be,
spent pining for a loved one
till it breaks at dawn.
~ From the poem, “A Lover’s Longing” by Michitsuna no Haha, Japanese, 10th century
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Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must need desire,
let these be your desires: to melt and be
like a running brook that sings its melody
to the night.
~ From The Prophet by Kahlil Gilbran
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How sweet is your love,
my own, my bride!
How much more delightful your love than wine,
your ointments more fragrant
than any spice! Sweetness drops
from your lips, O bride,
honey and milk
are under your tongue;
and the scent of your robes
is like the scent of Lebanon.
~ From Song of Solomon by King Solomon, 10th century BC.