LOVE
- Cinta adalah komitmen yang bertahan dalam beragam ruang dan waktu.
- Cinta adalah kehendak yang mengejawantah, hasrat yang mensejahterakan dan mengembangkan dunia. Setelah cinta terbangun, maka berbagai gambaran baik tentang cinta pun ikut bersamanya.
- Cinta mencakup sekaligus melampaui yang kongkret dan abstrak, mencakup dan melampaui masa lalu, masa kini dan masa depan.
Sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
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, 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
Sonnet XLIII, from the Portuguese.
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, 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
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