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"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." --Elizabeth Barrett Browning