Lyrical Expressions

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How Do I Love Thee?


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 a 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.



William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.


Saw this poem on a commercial and it triggered a memory. Sounds sweetly expressive doesn't it? Well.. actually this is the best part of the poem..

Note:

Definition of "auguries"
n. pl. au·gu·ries
The art, ability, or practice of auguring; divination.
A sign of something coming; an omen: “The chartist buys when the auguries look favorable and sells on bad omens” (Burton G. Malkiel).

And if you're interested in the whole poem (I like to read things in context but I'll make an exception in this case.. :)


http://www.online-literature.com/short.php/612?term=infinity"