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, 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.
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So, fall asleep love, loved by me....for I know love, I am loved by thee.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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But only give a bust of marriages:
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But only give a bust of marriages:
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings.
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Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,
He would have written sonnets all his life?
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Soul meets soul on lovers lips.
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