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, and certes 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 comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
	Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.