HOW many times do I love thee, dear? <br /> Tell me how many thoughts there be <br /> In the atmosphere <br /> Of a new-fall'n year, <br />Whose white and sable hours appear <br /> The latest flake of Eternity: <br />So many times do I love thee, dear. <br /> <br />How many times do I love again? <br /> Tell me how many beads there are <br /> In a silver chain <br /> Of evening rain, <br />Unravell'd from the tumbling main, <br /> And threading the eye of a yellow star: <br />So many times do I love again.<br /><br />Thomas Lovell Beddoes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-23/
