a
very
special
valentine
......
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,
and candlelight. by sun
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
love
thee
better
after
death
magic
inkwell
comic
strip
theatre
by cayetano
poem by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The song: "Ragtime Nightingale"
written in 1915 by
Joseph Lamb

to: beatrix
from: cat

with love