[00:07.52]If thou must love me, let it be for nought
[00:10.72]Except for love’s sake only. Do not say
[00:14.75]'I love her for her smile…her look…her way
[00:17.74]Of speaking gently, … for a trick of thought
[00:20.51]That falls in well with mine, and certs brought
[00:23.59]A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'-
[00:26.86]For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
[00:29.44]Be changed, or change for thee, -and love, so wrought,
[00:34.76]May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
[00:38.15]Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry,
[00:42.35]A creature might forget to weep, who bore
[00:44.47]Thy comfot long, and lose thy love thereby.
[00:48.90]But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
[00:52.42]Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.
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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 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 wiping my cheeks dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfot long, and lose thy love thereby.
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.