"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach."
"Guess now who holds thee?'--'Death,' I said. But, there, The silver answer rang, . . . 'Not Death, but Love."
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Source: 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' (1850) no. 1
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