--- title: "19 Thee Quotes By Elizabeth Barrett Browning" description: "19 Thee quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Plus more from Elizabeth Barrett Browning and more Thee sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_thee_if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchan_1538980.png" --- > [If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchange-and-be-all-to-me/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_thee_if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchan_1538980.png) > [And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee-better-after-death/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_after-death_and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee_2549403.png) > [How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_love_how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways_2539735.png) > [Behold me! I am worthy Of thy loving, for I love thee!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/behold-me-i-am-worthy-of-thy-loving-for-i-love-thee/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_behold_behold-me-i-am-worthy-of-thy-loving-for_2545384.png) > [I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-love-thee-freely-as-men-strive-for-right-i-love-thee-purely-as-they/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_love_i-love-thee-freely-as-men-strive-for-rig_2848076.png) > [For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, Dear, that I only can love thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/for-none-can-express-thee-though-all-should-approve-thee-i-love-thee/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_dear_for-none-can-express-thee-though-all-sho_2158351.png) > [Guess now who holds thee?'--'Death,' I said. But, there, The silver answer rang, . . . 'Not Death, but Love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/guess-now-who-holds-thee-death-i-said-but-there-the-silver-answer/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_answers_guess-now-who-holds-thee-death-i-said-bu_1294389.png) > [I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candle light...I love thee with the breath,smiles,t ears,of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-love-thee-to-the-level-of-everyday-s-most-quiet-need-by-sun-and/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_best-love-poems_i-love-thee-to-the-level-of-everyday-s-m_3188038.png) > [And yet, because I love thee, I obtain From that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/and-yet-because-i-love-thee-i-obtain-from-that-same-love-this/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_grace_and-yet-because-i-love-thee-i-obtain-fro_865260.png) > [Definition of Love: A score of zero in tennis. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/definition-of-love-a-score-of-zero-in-tennis-i-love-thee-with-the/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_breaths_definition-of-love-a-score-of-zero-in-te_3032600.png) > [I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-love-thee-with-the-passion-put-to-use-in-my-old-griefs-and-with-my/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_after-death_i-love-thee-with-the-passion-put-to-use_3058240.png) > [A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/a-child-s-kiss-set-on-thy-sighing-lips-shall-make-thee-glad-a-poor/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_children_a-child-s-kiss-set-on-thy-sighing-lips-s_3150923.jpg) > [O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet, But pale, and hard, and dry, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/o-rose-who-dares-to-name-thee-no-longer-roseate-now-nor-soft-nor/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_dare_o-rose-who-dares-to-name-thee-no-longer_1631448.jpg) > [The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,And placed it by thee on a golden throne,-- And that I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-soul-hath-snatched-up-mine-all-faint-and-weak-and-placed-it-by/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_alone-in-love_the-soul-hath-snatched-up-mine-all-faint_2802454.png) > [I would build a cloudy House For my thoughts to live in; When for earth too fancy-loose And too low for Heaven!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-would-build-a-cloudy-house-for-my-thoughts-to-live-in-when-for/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_clouds_i-would-build-a-cloudy-house-for-my-thou_2657201.png) > [How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways-i-love-thee-to-the-depth-and/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_2-word-love_how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways_52101.png) > [I f thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-f-thou-must-love-me-let-it-be-for-nought-except-for-love-s-sake/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_and-love_i-f-thou-must-love-me-let-it-be-for-noug_3128932.png) > [The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-sweetest-lives-are-those-to-duty-wed-whose-deeds-both-great-and/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_bells_the-sweetest-lives-are-those-to-duty-wed_3166206.png) > [And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/and-wilt-thou-have-me-fashion-into-speech-the-love-i-bear-thee/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_bears_and-wilt-thou-have-me-fashion-into-speec_2335424.png) ## Other authors on Thee ## More by Elizabeth Barrett Browning > [I should not dare to call my soul my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-should-not-dare-to-call-my-soul-my-own/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [Many a crown Covers bald foreheads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/many-a-crown-covers-bald-foreheads/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/and-lilies-are-still-lilies-pulled-by-smutty-hands-though-spotted/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-greeks-said-grandly-in-their-tragic-phrase-let-no-one-be-called/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [“The face of all the world is changed, I think, Since first I heard the footsteps of they soul Move still, oh, still, beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-face-of-all-the-world-is-changed-i-think-since-first-i-heard-the/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/wall-must-get-the-weather-stain-before-they-grow-the-ivy/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways-i-love-thee-to-the-depth-and/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/with-stammering-lips-and-insufficient-sound-i-strive-and-struggle-to/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-charm-one-might-say-the-genius-of-memory-is-that-it-is-choosy/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, held out in the smoke, like stars by day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/the-flower-girl-s-prayer-to-buy-roses-and-pinks-held-out-in-the-smoke/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [They say that God lives very high! But if you look above the pines You cannot see our God. And why? And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/they-say-that-god-lives-very-high-but-if-you-look-above-the-pines-you/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [Men of science, osteologists And surgeons, beat some poets, in respect For nature,-count nought common or unclean, Spend raptures upon perfect specimens Of indurated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/men-of-science-osteologists-and-surgeons-beat-some-poets-in-respect/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [We can't separate our humanity from our poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/we-can-t-separate-our-humanity-from-our-poetry/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/happy-are-all-free-peoples-too-strong-to-be-dispossessed-but-blessed/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) > [Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/suddenly-as-rare-things-will-it-vanished/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thee/elizabeth-barrett-browning/#itemlist", "name": "19 Thee Quotes By Elizabeth Barrett Browning", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Barrett Browning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchange-and-be-all-to-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_thee_if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchan_1538980.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_thee_if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchan_1538980.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_thee_if-i-leave-all-for-thee-wilt-thou-exchan_1538980.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Barrett Browning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee-better-after-death/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_after-death_and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee_2549403.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_after-death_and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee_2549403.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_after-death_and-if-god-choose-i-shall-but-love-thee_2549403.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How do I love thee? 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