Poems touch your soul

in R2cornell3 years ago

Hi dear R2cornell community

I hope everyone is well, today I want to mark my love for poetry and I wanted to quote a specific one by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, words are things that remain marked in our minds and souls, and as such we must always keep them present.

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How Do I Love Thee?

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 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺'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
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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This poem was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her husband while they were living in Italy, this poem is often touted as the epitome of love poetry. Browning describes her love for Robert in a very spiritual way: “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” says that her love for him is her salvation.

Certain words are capitalized because they refer to more than just their conventional meaning:

  • Being (Human existence)

  • Grace (God´s salvation)

  • Right (Justice)

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