If Must Love Me(1/1)
Elizabeth Barrett Browng
If thou t love , let it be for naught
Except for loves sake only. Do not say,
‘I love her for her sile—her look—her way
Of speakg gently,—for a trick of thought
That fallswell with e, aes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day—’
For these thgstheselves, Beloved, ay
Be ged, e for thee—and love, sht,
May be unwrought so. her lovefor
The own dear pitys wipg y cheeks dry.
A creature ight fet to weep, who bore
Thy fort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But lovefor loves sake, that even ore
Thou ayst love on, through loves eternity.