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FOE LOVE ALONE.
If thou must love me,.let it be for nought, 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, eertes, brought, f, A sense of pleasant ease on such a day." .., , ; '. ■..,., For these things in themselves, beloved, may;,... , A Be changed, or change for thee—and love so wrought May be jinwrought so. Neither love me for-, . ■ Thine own clear pity wiping my cheek dry,— Since one might well forget to weep who bore Thy comfort long, and loose thy love thereby. But, love me for love's sake, that evermore, Thou may'st love on through love's eternity. Mrs Browning.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3294, 12 July 1879, Page 1
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123Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3294, 12 July 1879, Page 1
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