The Beautiful Blue Danube (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
They drift down the hall together;He smiles in her lifted eyes;Like waves of that mighty river,The strains of the "Danube" ...
They drift down the hall together;He smiles in her lifted eyes;Like waves of that mighty river,The strains of the "Danube" ...
Thou dost not know it! but to hearOne word of praise from thee,There is no pain I would not bear,No ...
They tell me new methods now govern the Muses,The modes of expression have changed with the times;That low is the ...
There is a certain castle that is beautiful and fair,And plants, and birds, and pretty things, fill every room and ...
All nail the dawn of a new day breaking,When a strong-armed nation shall take awayThe weary burdens from backs that ...
I saw two youths: both were fair in the face,They had set out foot to foot in life's race;But one ...
(Suggested by the lives of Napoleon and Josephine) IOne night was full of rapture and delight—Of reunited arms and swooning ...
The danger of war, with its havoc of life, The danger of ocean, when storms are rife, The danger of ...
I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:And his ...
In Memory's Mansion are wonderful rooms,And I wander about them at will;And I pause at the casements, where boxes of ...
I saw a youth, one of God's favored few,Crowned with beauty, and talents, and health;He had climbed the steep pathway, ...
Yes, yes! I love thee, Guilo; thee alone.Why dost thou sigh, and wear that face of sorrow?The sunshine is to-day's, ...
I am troubled to-night with a curious pain;It is not of the flesh, it is not of the brain,Nor yet ...
Nay, nay, Antonio! nay, thou shalt not blame her,My Gracia, who hath so deserted me.Thou art my friend, but if ...
In the old wars of the world there were camp-followers,Women of ancient sins who gave themselves for hire,Women of weak ...
Oh, not for the great departed,Who formed our country's laws,And not for the bravest-heartedWho died in freedom's cause,And not for ...
Don't drink, boys, don't!There is nothing of happiness, pleasure, or cheer,In brandy, in whiskey, in rum, ale, or beer.If they ...
IWe cannot choose our sorrows. One there wasWho, reverent of soul, and strong with trust,Cried, 'God, though Thou shouldst bow ...
What a terrible night! Does the Night, I wonder—The Night, with her black veil down to her feetLike an ordained ...
In the dark night, from sweet refreshing sleepI wake to hear outside my window-paneThe uncurbed fury of the wild spring ...
Like some school master, kind in being stern,Who hears the children crying o'er their slatesAnd calling, "Help me master!" yet ...
Two bright little fellows, named Harry and Will,Were just the same age and the same size untilOne day in their ...
Oh, boastful, wicked land, that once was beautiful and great,How bitter and how black must be your self-invited fate,While Time ...
For the courage which comes when we call,While troubles like hailstones fall;For the help that is somehow nigh,In the deepest ...
Sometimes I wish the railroads all were torn out, The ships all sunk among the coral strands. I am so ...
I know a little fellow, his name I think is Jo,But he is seldom called by that—he has a queer ...
I step across the mystic border-land,And look upon the wonder-world of Art.How beautiful, how beautiful its hills!And all its valleys, ...
Immortal life is something to be earned,By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,And patient seeking after higher truths.We cannot follow our ...
I am singing a song to the boys to-day,A song of the home that is far away.And I know that ...
Little by little and one by one,Out of the ether, were worlds created;Star and planet and sea and sun,All in ...
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