If thou must love me,let it be for
nought
Except fot love's sake only.Do not say :
"I love her for her smile...her look...her way
Of speaking gently...for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine,and certs brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day,
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed,or change for thee,-and love,so wrought,
May be unwrought so.Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wipping my cheeks dry,
Since one might well forget to weep, who bore
thy ccomfort long, and lose thy love thereby.
But love me for love's sake,that evermore
Thou may'st love one, thtough love's eternity.