Intheeyeofthestorm

(Elizabeth Barret Browning) Irene Love Jonny

If you love me do it,
but only for pure love

If you love me, do so, but only
of pure love. Never say
"I love the look, the look and
speaking kind, or because his thought

agrees with mine, and certainly that day
gave me a sense of pleasure. "
On their own, these things love can
change, or change for thee, and love born this way

so it could be destroyed. I do not ever love
for the sweet mercy that wipes my cheek;
crying may forget a creature that bores

your eternal comfort, and love so lost!
But love me only pure love, which always
m'amerai for the eternity of love.
(Elizabeth Barret Browning)