Her Poem Her Passion

This poem was Dr. Vomstein's most treasured one in English. A sonnet by Elizabeth Barret Browning, Victorian poet. The poem matches the intensity of feeling and originality of thought with a remarkable control Dr. Vomstein had for the disabled;

`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 put love thee better after death.