Dorothy D. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I'm sick of "musn'ts," said Dorothy D.Sick of musn'ts, as I can be.From early dawn till the close of dayI ...
I'm sick of "musn'ts," said Dorothy D.Sick of musn'ts, as I can be.From early dawn till the close of dayI ...
One bitter time of mourning, I remember,When day, and night, my sad heart did complain,My life, I said, was one ...
Born in the flesh, and bred in the bone,Some of us harbour stillA New World pride: and we flaunt or ...
The brewer's dog is abroad, boys,Be careful where you stray,His teeth are coated with poison,And he's on the watch for ...
AIR—"O SUSANNAH!"Ye soldiers in the temperance cause,Our work is but begun.Oh! sit not down in idlenessAnd think the field is ...
Little by little the year grows old,The red leaves drop from the maple boughs;The sun grows dim, and the winds ...
I saw a maid with her chivalrous lover:He was both tender and true;He kissed her lips, vowing over and over,"Darling, ...
What is flirtation? Really,How can I tell you that?But when she smiles I see its wiles,And when he lifts his ...
Life is a ponderous lesson-book, and FateThe teacher. When I came to love's fair leafMy teacher turned the page and ...
Talk happiness. The world is sad enoughWithout your woes. No path is wholly rough;Look for the places that are smooth ...
I know as my life grows older,And mine eyes have clearer sight,That under each rank Wrong somewhereThere lies the root ...
Into the gloom of the deep, dark night, With panting breath and a startled scream; Swift as a ...
They stood at the garden gate.By the lifting of a lidShe might have read her fateIn a little thing he ...
If we sit down at set of sun,And count the things that we have done,And counting, findOne self-denying act, one ...
America will not turn back;She did not idly start,But weighed full carefully and wellHer grave, important part.She chose the part ...
If you saw a lionNot within a cage,Would you tease and fret himTill he roared in rage?Would you tempt his ...
Time flies. The swift hours hurry byAnd speed us on to untried ways;New seasons ripen, perish, die,And yet love stays.The ...
I was in Dijon when the war's wild blastWas at its loudest; when there was no soundFrom dawn to dawn, ...
Let me lean hard upon the Eternal Breast;In all earth's devious ways, I sought for restAnd found it not. I ...
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,But has ...
When from dawn till noon seems one long day,And from noon till night another,Oh, then should a little boy come ...
We love but once. The great gold orb of lightFrom dawn to even-tide doth cast his ray;But the full splendor ...
We will be what we could be. Do not say, "It might have been, had not this, or that, or ...
Beside us in our seeking after pleasures,Through all our restless striving after fame,Through all our search for worldly gains and ...
It is easy to sit in the sunshineAnd talk to the man in the shade;It is easy to float in ...
Were I man grown, I'd standWith clean heart, soul, and hand,An honor to this land.I would be good and true.I ...
Always at sea I think about the dead.On barques invisible they seem to sailThe self-same course; and from the decks ...
Do you wish the world were better?Let me tell you what to do.Set a watch upon your actions,Keep them always ...
The times are not degenerate. Man's faithMounts higher than of old. No crumbling creedCan take from the immortal soul the ...
Alone she sat with her accusing heart,That, like a restless comrade frightened sleep,And every thought that found her, left a ...
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