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| If Thou Must Love Me |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| If thou must love me, let it be naught Except for the 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 fall in well with mine, and certes 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 wiping my cheeks dry- A creature might forget to weep, who bore Their comfort long, and lose thy love thereby. But love me for love's sake only, that evermore Thou mayst love on,through love's eternity |
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