Song Of America (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
And now, when poets are singing Their songs of olden days, And now, when the land is ringing With sweet ...
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems on Belief & Faith (43 Poems)
Greeting Poem (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There was a sound in the wind to-day,Like a joyous cymbal ringing!And the leaves of the trees talked with the ...
Flowers Of France Decoration Poem For Soldiers’ Graves, Tours, France, May 30, 1918 (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Flowers of France in the Spring,Your growth is a beautiful thing;But give us your fragrance and bloom,Yea, give us your ...
Coronation Poem And Prayer (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The world has crowned a thousand kings:But destiny has keptHer weightiest hour of kingly powerTo offer England's son.The rising bell ...
The Meeting Of The Centuries (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
A CURIOUS vision, on mine eyes unfurledIn the deep night. I saw, or seemed to see,Two Centuries meet, and sit ...
Then And Now (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
A little time agone, a few brief years,And there was peace within our beauteous borders;Peace, and a prosperous people, and ...
God Rules Alway (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Into the world's most high and holy placesMen carry selfishness, and graft and greed.The air is rent with warring of ...
Recriminatio (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
ISaid Life to Death: "Methinks, if I were you, I would not carry such an awesome face To terrify the ...
The Black Sheep (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
"Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wool?""Yes, sir—yes, sir: three bags full.""I don't want any New Thought," said he,"Or ...
The Deadliest Sin (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There are not many sins when once we sift them.In actions of evolving human soulsStriving to reach high goalsAnd falling ...
Science (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Alone I climb the steep ascending pathWhich leads to knowledge. In the babbling throngsThat hurry after, shouting to the worldSmall ...
The Same Old Strain (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Each day that I live I am persuaded anew,A maxim I long have believed in, is true.Each day I grow ...
Ascension (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I have been down in the darkest water—Deep, deep down where no light could pierce;Alone with the things that are ...
Veils (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Veils, everywhere float veils; veils long and black,Framing white faces, oft-times young and fair,But, like a rose touched by untimely ...
If Christ Came Questioning (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
If Christ came questioning His world to-day, (If Christ came questioning,) 'What hast thou done to glorify thy God, Since ...
The Valley Of Fear (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In the journey of life, as we travel alongTo the mystical goal that is hidden from sight,You may stumble at ...
Guilo (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Yes, yes! I love thee, Guilo; thee alone.Why dost thou sigh, and wear that face of sorrow?The sunshine is to-day's, ...
Karma (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
IWe cannot choose our sorrows. One there wasWho, reverent of soul, and strong with trust,Cried, 'God, though Thou shouldst bow ...
Integrity (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Immortal life is something to be earned,By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,And patient seeking after higher truths.We cannot follow our ...
The Spirit Of Great Joan (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Back of each soldier who fights for France,Aye, back of each woman and manWho toils and prays through these long ...
He That Hath Ears (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.—St. John the Divine.The Spirit says ...
The Truth Teller (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The Truth Teller lifts the curtain,And shows us the people's plight;And everything seems uncertain,And nothing at all looks right.Yet out ...
In England (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In England, there are wrongs no doubt,Which should be righted; so men say,Who seek to weed earth's garden out,And give ...
Time’s Defeat (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Time has made conquest of so many thingsThat once were mine. Swift-footed, eager youthThat ran to meet the years; bold ...
Prayer (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Lord, let us pray.Give us the open mind, O God,The mind that dares believeIn paths of thought as yet untrod;The ...
Who Is A Christian? (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Who is a Christian in this Christian land Of many churches and of lofty spires? Not he who sits in ...
Dear Motherland Of France (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF FRANCEOur Motherland, dear Motherland,The source of beauty and of Art,Who but thy children ...
The Song Of The Allies (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
We are the Allies of God to-day,And the width of the earth is our right of way.Let no man question ...
Optimism (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Talk happiness. The world is sad enoughWithout your woes. No path is wholly rough;Look for the places that are smooth ...
Always At Sea (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Always at sea I think about the dead.On barques invisible they seem to sailThe self-same course; and from the decks ...