If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
'I love her for her smile鈥攈er look鈥攈er way
Of speaking gently,鈥攆or a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'鈥�
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,鈥攁nd love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,鈥�
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity
-A wonderful composition by
Elizabeth Barrett Brownin
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