1850 IF THOU MUST LOVE ME (From Sonnets from the Portuguese) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning şiElectronically Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1996, World Library(R) DAK Upgraded Edition, Copyright 2000, DAK Industries 2000, Inc(R)şI {IF_THOU_MUST_LOVE_ME IF THOU MUST LOVE ME - 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- her look- her way Of speaking gently,- for a trick of thought That falls 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 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. - - THE END