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This resource relating to Song of Solomon 2:8-13 provides poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and June Jordan (1936-2002) expressing a deep love for their beloved.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
CLASSIC POEM:
How Do I Love Thee?
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 every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
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.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Poem for My Love
June Jordan
SNIPPET:
How do we come to be here next to each other
in the night
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Song of Solomon 2:8-13
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 17 (Ordinary Time 22)