Monday, April 28, 2008

LITERARY APPRECIATION 3

A Poem for My Baby - Yusri bin Yahya

Dearest Baby, I hope that this birthday will bring a better life for you and me.
Happy 37th birthday, darling!!! (3 May 2008)

How Much Do I Love Thee?

by Elizabeth 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 everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
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
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
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.

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