what poet says, if thou must love me, let it be for nought/except for love's sake only....
If thou must love me, let it be for nought.... by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 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, BelovÃ¨d, may.