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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 end of Being and ideal Grace. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1850I 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 · 1850
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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 end of Being and ideal Grace. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1850I 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 · 1850
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. — John Masefield · 1902I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call a clear call that may not be denied. — John Masefield · 1902
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Beauty's but skin deep. — John Davies of Hereford · 1616
For say a foolish thing enough… ... The same thing Shall pass at last for absolutely wise, And not with fools exclusively. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1856
For say a foolish thing enough… ... The same thing Shall pass at last for absolutely wise, And not with fools exclusively. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1856
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For say a foolish thing enough… ... The same thing Shall pass at last for absolutely wise, And not with fools exclusively. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1856
Beauty's but skin deep. — John Davies of Hereford · 1616
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I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. — John Masefield · 1902