 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
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 pages
...dear ecause thy name moves right in what they say. XIV ' thou must love me, let it be for nought xcept for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile — her look — her way f speaking gently, — for a trick of thought hat falls in well with mine, and certes brought 5 sense... | |
 | Sara Teasdale - 1917 - 160 pages
...go ... I shall be ... asleep. Irene Rutherford McLeod "IF THOU MUST LOVE ME, LET IT BE FOR NOUGHT" IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, " 1 love her for her smile, her look, her way Of speaking gently, for a trick of thought That falls... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 pages
...ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-61) SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE IF thou must love me, let it be for naught 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,... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 pages
...yesterday, (The singing angels know), are only dear Because thy name moves right in what th»y say. XIV If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought 5 A sense of pleasant ease on such a day": For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...when I sue God for myself. He hears that name of thine, And sees within my eyes the tears of two. XIV IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...say " I love her for her smile — her look — her war Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought... | |
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - 1923 - 328 pages
...That none of all the fires shall scorch and shred The hair beneath. Stand farther off then! go. XIV. If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for . love's sake only. Do not say 205 H.'; 135 145 1 155 i«o $ •' 10 'I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 pages
...show How that great work of Love enhances Nature's. 312 If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say ' I love her...certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ' — 6 For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love,... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1879 - 796 pages
...are no love poems in the language like her Sonnets from the Portuguese. I must find room for one : " If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and eertes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day;' For these things, in themselves beloved, may... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 pages
...By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief. girt XIV1 pirit had followed them ; one of the HI visible ouly. Do not say " I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of shaking gently, — for a trick... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1924 - 624 pages
...not fitly done To give the same as pillow to thy head. Go farther! let it serve to trample on. XIV 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,... | |
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