 十四行诗伊丽莎白•巴雷特•布朗宁 

如果定要爱我，就无需任何借口， 
为爱而爱是唯一的理由。 
莫道笑容相貌令人心动， 
休提言谈的姿态温柔， 
别说那天感觉分外惬意， 
不谈心智灵慧情缘相投。 
一切自身都会真的改变， 
或许改变只在你的感受； 
不要因为同情来为我擦干脸上的泪水， 
安慰太多会让我忘却哭泣让爱化为乌有！ 
说不定为了哪个原因相爱， 
恰恰就为哪个原因分手。 
只为爱而爱我吧， 
你会经历爱的永恒，爱得更加长久。 

SONNET XIV 

Elizabeth Barrett Brownning 

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 well with mine, and certes brought 
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day." -- 
For these things in themselves, Beloved, 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. 
By love me for love's sake, that evermore 
Thou mayst love on through love's eternity.