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LA BELLE AMOUR
THE BEAUTIFUL LOVE

If thou must love me, let it be for nought   Except for love's sake only

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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.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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excerpt :

Sometimes, in his dreams, she sang to him. When she did, he often wondered how sweet it would be if to awaken did not mean it were the last he'd ever hear of her.

But alas, it was not true and instead was the perfect lullaby for a slumber that he never wanted to end.

trigger warnings :

• death + suicide
• mental illness
• drug and alcohol abuse
• coarse language






• death + suicide• mental illness• drug and alcohol abuse• coarse language

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This is a non-linear narrative.

FUN FACT: The title comes from a scene in the film Casablanca, it's the name of the Paris restaurant where Rick and Elsa meet frequently.

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