Occupation: Poet Birth: March 6, 1806 Death: June 29, 1861
I love you for the part of me that you bring out..
The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play..
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach..
True knowledge comes only through suffering..
Silence is the best response to a fool..
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long..
It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden of Eden..
Light tomorrow with today!.
Gaze up at the stars knowing that I see the same sky and wish the same sweet dreams..
Art is much, but love is more..
I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost sa….
The essence of all beauty, I call love..
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?.
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes..
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 o….
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..
My sun sets to raise again..
You're something between a dream and a miracle..
The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There love ennobles all. The….
And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death..
Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully..