<h2>XIV</h2>
<p>If thou must love me, let it be for nought<br/>
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say<br/>
“I love her for her smile—her look—her way<br/>
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought<br/>
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought<br/>
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day”—<br/>
For these things in themselves, Belovëd, may<br/>
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,<br/>
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for<br/>
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry,—<br/>
A creature might forget to weep, who bore<br/>
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!<br/>
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore<br/>
Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.</p>
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