I Love You By Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Full Text Of The Poem

I Love You By Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Full Text Of The Poem

I LOVE YOU BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX – In this topic, we are going to read the full text of the poem I Love You by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

As mentioNed above, it was written by Ella Wheler Wilcox.

Wilcox was born in Wisconsin in 1850. She is the youngest of the four children. She began writing poetry when she was 7. She has been rejected by many publishers before one of them gave her a chance.

Here is the full text of the poem uplifted from Family Friend Poems

I love your lips when they’re wet with wine
    And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
    Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white flesh
    Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hair when the strands enmesh
    Your kisses against my face.

Not for me the cold, calm kiss
    Of a virgin’s bloodless love;
Not for me the saint’s white bliss,
    Nor the heart of a spotless dove.
But give me the love that so freely gives
    And laughs at the whole world’s blame,
With your body so young and warm in my arms,
    It sets my poor heart aflame.

So kiss me sweet with your warm wet mouth,
    Still fragrant with ruby wine,
And say with a fervor born of the South
    That your body and soul are mine.
Clasp me close in your warm young arms,
    While the pale stars shine above,
And we’ll live our whole young lives away
    In the joys of a living love.

Read her previous work here.