Showing posts with label unconditional love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unconditional love. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

If Thou Must Love Me... - by Elizabeth Barret Browning

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

How Do I Love Thee? - by Elizabeth Barret Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Delight in Disorder - by Robert Herrick

A sweet disorder in the dress 
Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
A lawn about the shoulders thrown 
Into a fine distraction:

Love Not Me - by John Wilbye

Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,

Nor for any outward part: