 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...  Poems - Page 441by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1851 - 252 pages
...however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, XIV. IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1852 - 252 pages
...however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, HV. IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...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... | |
 | 644 pages
...hotel, the bill was discharged, and the next morning, Rory and his bride set off for Paris. DETECTION. * If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, bronght A sense of pleasant ease on such a day.' For these thmgs in themselves, beloved, mav He changed,... | |
 | Mrs. Carey Brock - 1860 - 434 pages
...expressed in better words than any I could find," said Mrs. Alison. And she repeated the lines, — " If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only * * * * ***** But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou may'st love on through love's eternity."... | |
 | 1861 - 502 pages
...sounet, BO exquisitely beautiful that wo must ask leave to quote it, also : If thou most love rue, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only....falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasint ease on such a day ;" For these things in themselves, beloved, may Be changed, or change for... | |
 | 1862 - 718 pages
...shred The hair beneath. Stand farther off then ! Go. nv. If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say "I love her...things in themselves, beloved, may Be changed, or changed for thee ; and love so wrought May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's... | |
 | 1862 - 712 pages
...shred The hair beneath. Stand farther off then ! Go. XTV. If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say "I love her...things in themselves, beloved, may Be changed, or changed for thee ; and love so wrought May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's... | |
 | 1862 - 716 pages
...shred The hair beneath. Stand farther off then ! Go. XIV. If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say " I love her.... . . her look, . . . her way Of speaking gently, . . . fdr a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought A sense of pleasant... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 480 pages
...a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief. XIV. IF them must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say ' I love Ler for her smile . . her look . . her way Of speaking gently, . . for a trick of thought That falls... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 420 pages
...brief, By a most dauntless, voice! _>ss fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief. XIV. IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for ihee, — and love, so wrought, May be unwronght so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping... | |
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