642. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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The hours that I spend with you I look upon
as a sort of perfumed garden, a dim twilight,
and a fountain singing it to you.
You and you alone make 
me feel that I am alive.
Other men it is said have seen angels,
But I have seen thee and
 thou art enough.
~George Moore
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You ask how much I need you
Must I explain?
I need you, oh, my darling
Like roses need rain.
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You ask how long, I’ll love you
.
I’ll tell you true
Until the twelfth of never
I’ll still be loving you.
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Hold me close
;
Never let me go.
Hold me close;
Melt my heart like April snow.
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I’ll love you ’til the blue bells forget to bloom
,
I’ll love you ’til the clover has lost its perfume,
I’ll love you ’til the poets run out of rhyme,
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Until the twelfth of never
And that’s a long, long time,
Until the twelfth of never
And that’s a long, long time
.
~Excerpts from the song, The Twelfth of Never, recorded
by Johnny Mathis and written
by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ~1 Corinthians 13:6-7    ✝
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36 thoughts on “642. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning”

  12. My favorite poem, my favorite song by Johnny Mathis, what more could I ask for? Happy Valentines Day tomorrow Natalie. So long since I’ve checked my Reader, so much pain in my shoulders, but had to check in today. Hugs, angie

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      • Thank you Natalie. I’ve always loved that velvet voice of Johnny Mathis. I just have to stretch the muscles in my shoulder out, and that will involve a lot of pain and willpower, so please pray for me. God is the only One who can help in this situation, and I know He will.

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