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. which statement best states the central idea of the sonnet? a) love should not be based on superficial things. b) love changes over time, and it cannot be relied on. c) the love they shared is over, and he is free to move on. d) the love they have should be comforting but makes her cry.