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Just You

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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.

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