ElizabethBarrettBrowng
Ifthoutlove,letitbefornaught
Exceptforlovessakeonly.Donotsay,
‘Iloveherforhersile—herlook—herway
Ofspeakggently,—foratrickofthought
Thatfallswellwithe,aesbrought
Asenseofpleasanteaseonsuchaday—’
Forthesethgstheselves,Beloved,ay
Beged,eforthee—andlove,sht,
Maybeunwroughtso.herlovefor
Theowndearpityswipgycheeksdry.
Acreatureightfettoweep,whobore
Thyfortlong,andlosethylovethereby!
Butloveforlovessake,thatevenore
Thouaystloveon,throughloveseternity.