GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era.
Born in County Durham, the eldest of eleven children, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning wrote poetry from the age of eleven years of age. She is best
known for her ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and ‘Aurora Leigh’ as well
as for the romantic story behind her marriage to her fellow poet Robert
Browning.
SONNET 43
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era.
Born in County Durham, the eldest of eleven children, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning wrote poetry from the age of eleven years of age. She is best
known for her ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and ‘Aurora Leigh’ as well
as for the romantic story behind her marriage to her fellow poet Robert
Browning.
SONNET 43
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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
