Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, immortalized in history due to their powerful way with words, connected through song. In 1980, Yoko Ono and John Lennon wrote two love songs based on the writing of the Browning couple. Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43 inspired Yoko Ono’s song, titled “Let Me Count the Ways”. Hearing the song, John Lennon was provoked to write an accompanying piece. His response resulted in “Grow Old with Me”, based on Robert Browning’s poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra”. This song has inspired multiple covers and has become one of many songs played at weddings.
Yoko Ono released the songs in their 1984 album Milk and Honey, shortly after Lennon’s death.
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