The Gossips (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
A rose in my garden, the sweetest and fairest,Was hanging her head through the long golden hours;And early one morning ...
A rose in my garden, the sweetest and fairest,Was hanging her head through the long golden hours;And early one morning ...
A little time agone, a few brief years,And there was peace within our beauteous borders;Peace, and a prosperous people, and ...
Some cawing Crows, a hooting Owl,A Hawk, a Canary, an old Marsh-Fowl,One day all meet togetherTo hold a caucus and ...
I poured out a tumbler of Claret,Of course with intention to drink,And, holding it up in the sunlight,I paused for ...
These agent men! these agent men!We hear the dreaded step again,We see a stranger at the door;And brace ourselves for ...
It may be you've seen her eyes,Dark and deep like midnight skies;You mayhap have seen them flashUnderneath the drooping lash,And ...
Batter in the home place,That was nobly done;Try and get the first base—Run! Run! RUN!Ah, there, short stop, will you ...
They tell me new methods now govern the Muses,The modes of expression have changed with the times;That low is the ...
Two bright little fellows, named Harry and Will,Were just the same age and the same size untilOne day in their ...
It is a common fate-a woman's lot-To waste on one the riches of her soul,Who takes the wealth she gives ...
Now who is ready to go with meOff and away to dream town?Oh, such a journey as that will be,All ...
Our thoughts are molding unmade spheres,And, like a blessing or a curse,They thunder down the formless years,And ring throughout the ...
After the May time and after the June timeRare with blossoms and perfume sweet,Cometh the round world's royal noon time,The ...
In England, there are wrongs no doubt,Which should be righted; so men say,Who seek to weed earth's garden out,And give ...
Talk happiness. The world is sad enoughWithout your woes. No path is wholly rough;Look for the places that are smooth ...
In the face of the sun are great thunderbolts hurled,And the storm-clouds have shut out its light;But a Rainbow of ...
There was a time when I was confidentThat God's stupendous mystery of birthWas mine to know. The wonder of it ...
Puss with a ribbon met pussy with none.Who stopped for a friendly chat;But the ribboned Pussy said coldly "Begone,You common, ...
Life is a privilege. Its youthful days Shine with the radiance of continuous Mays. To live, to breathe, to wonder ...
Begin each morning with a talk to God, And ask for your divine inheritance Of usefulness, contentment, and success. Resign ...
Good-bye - Yes, I am going, Sudden? Well, you are right. But a startling truth came home to me With ...
Let there be many windows to your soul, That all the glory of the universe May beautify it. Not the ...
Every morning, as I walk down From my dreary lodgings, toward the town, I see at a window, near the ...
Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear As valued friends. He cannot know The zest of life who runneth ...
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