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If thou must love me, Yet it be for
nougat 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
Thane 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 mast love on, through love's eternity-
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