Love
Just You
From The Englishman and Other Poems (1912)
All the selfish joys of earth,
I am getting through.
That which used to lure and lead
Now I pass and give no heed;
Only one thing seems of worth—
Just you.
Not for me the lonely height,
And the larger view;
Lowlier ways seem fair and wide,
While we wander side by side.
One thing makes the whole world bright—
Just you.
Not for distant goals I run,
No great aim pursue;
Most of earth’s ambitions seem
Like the shadow of a dream.
All the world to me means one—
Just you.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Just You.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/792/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Just You.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/792/.
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