"How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)" ( 我是怎樣地來愛你？) | The Art of English (2026/02)

成為我們頻道會員，支持我們並獲得獎勵：    / @adstudioclassroomcom   One of the most famous romances in England’s literary history was between two poets: Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. From 1845 to 1846, Elizabeth composed 44 sonnets about their relationship. They express the array of emotions that one experiences in love (for better or worse). However, Elizabeth didn’t share them with Robert until after the two were married. The sonnets were published in 1850. Sonnet 43 is the most famous, and its opening line is widely quoted. 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 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. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 43, “How Do I Love Thee?”