XIV br br If thou must love me, let it be for nought br Except for love's sake only. Do not say br 'I love her for her smile—her look—her way br Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought br That falls in well with mine, and certes brought br A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'— br For these things in themselves, Beloved, may br Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought, br May be unwrought so. Neither love me for br Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,— br A creature might forget to weep, who bore br Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! br But love me for love's sake, that evermore br Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.