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how do i love thee?




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 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.


flag of the free



Flag of the Free

Look at the flag as it floats on high,

Streaming aloft in the clear, blue sky,

Rippling, leaping, tugging away,

Gay as the sunshine, bright as the day,

Throbbing with life, where the world may see-

Flag of our country, flag of the free!

What do we see in the flag on high,

That we bare our heads as it passes by,

That we thrill with pride, our hearts beat fast,

And we cheer and cheer as the flag goes past-

The flag that waves for you and me-

Flag of our country, flag of the free?


We see in the flag a nation's might.

The pledge of a safeguard day and night,

Of a watchful eye and a powerful arm

That guard the nation's homes from harm.

Of a strong defense on land and sea-

Flag of our country, flag of the free!

We see in the flag a union grand,

A brotherhood of heart and hand,

A pledge of love and a stirring call

To live our lives for the good of us all-

Helpful and just and true to thee,

Flag of our country, flag of the free!

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by Walter Taylor Field