Sonnets from the Portuguese iv

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¡ªher look¡ªher way 
Of speaking gently ¡ªfor a trick of thought 
That falls in well with mine and certes brought 5 
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'¡ª 
For these things in themselves Belov¨¨d may 
Be changed or change for thee¡ªand love so wrought  
May be unwrought so.
 Neither love me for 
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry: 10 
A creature might forget to weep who bore 
Thy comfort long and lose thy love thereby! 
But love me for love's sake that evermore 
Thou mayst love on through love's eternity.
 

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