 十四行詩伊麗莎白•巴雷特•布朗寧 

如果定要愛我，就無需任何借口， 
為愛而愛是唯一的理由。 
莫道笑容相貌令人心動， 
休提言談的姿態溫柔， 
別說那天感覺分外愜意， 
不談心智靈慧情緣相投。 
一切自身都會真的改變， 
或許改變只在你的感受； 
不要因為同情來為我擦干臉上的淚水， 
安慰太多會讓我忘卻哭泣讓愛化為烏有！ 
說不定為了哪個原因相愛， 
恰恰就為哪個原因分手。 
只為愛而愛我吧， 
你會經歷愛的永恒，愛得更加長久。 

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.