If thou must love me, let it be for nought

This is an image of “Elizabeth Barett Browning” on the painting “Pinkie” (Thomas_Lawrence_Pinkie.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thomas_Lawrence_Pinkie.jpg
when she was young.‎ -

She was described as a young woman with “slight, delicate figure, with a shower of dark curls falling on each side of a most expressive face; large, tender eyes, richly fringed by dark eyelashes, and a smile like a sunbeam."- Mary Russell Mitfordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning) (

XIV. "If thou must love me, let it be for nought..." by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 09-27-2006 at 02:15 PM

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, Belovèd, 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. Here is one of the sonnets written by Ms. Browning that I like aside from "How do I love Thee"