 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
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...yesterday, 12 (The singing angels know) are only dear, Because thy name moves right in what they say. XIV If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, "Hove her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 pages
...for myselt, He hears tnat name 01 mine, And sees within my eyes the tears ic 01 tnme, of two. 1773 r If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for Love's safe only. Do not say "I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, for a... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...of the most famous of all love sonnets: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Later she said: If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...smile, — her look — her way Of speaking gently. . ." These two sonnets make an interesting contrast. But then, love is not supposed to make logical... | |
 | D. T. Wessells - 1989 - 148 pages
...a famous love poem of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850): If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say, 'I love her...for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine. . . . For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love, So... | |
 | Paul King Jewett, Marguerite Shuster - 1991 - 562 pages
...sake only," a love "enduring through love's eternity." 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 looks — her way Of speaking gently — for a trick of thought That falls in well with me, and certes... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne - 1991 - 196 pages
...Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In one of her Sonnets from the Portuguese (185) she wrote: "Do not say/'I love her for her smile— her look— her way /of speaking gently'. . .For these things in themselves, Beloved may/ be changed, or change for thee. . . But love me for love's... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
.... . 'Not Death, but Love.' (1. 13-14) EBVV; GBL; NOBE; NoP; OBEV; OBNC; WPE // thini must love me 9 forward to with hope, 102-103 26 Part of a moon was...She saw And spread her apron to it. (1. 105-108) 27 (I. 1—6) CTC; FaFP; HelP; InPS; LiTB; OBEV; OBNC; TrGrPo When we two souls 10 When our two souls... | |
 | Devon A. Lerner - 1999 - 290 pages
...Together wing to wing and oar to oar. (Excerpt from "The Master Speed," by Robert Frost)2 Selection 5 If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except...look — her way Of speaking gently — for a trick or thought That falls in well with mine . . ." For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed,... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 1999 - 306 pages
...of this heart, convey its grief. (1850) (1850) 452. XIV If thou must love me, let it be for naught Except for love's sake only. Do not say "I love her...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... | |
 | Francesco Sanvitale - 2002 - 750 pages
...per la mia beltà, per li occhi neri, per la chioma folta, per tutto il fior della mia verde età. If thou must love me, let it be for nought except...only. Do not say, "I love her for her smile.. .her look...her way of speaking gently" [...] L'idea è di un sentimento che non si alimenti di cose caduche,... | |
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