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 Heaven (45 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 ...
Her Last Letter (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Sitting alone by the window,Watching the moonlit street,Bending my head to listenTo the well-known sound of your feet,I have been ...
Grandpa’s Christmas (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In his great cushioned chair by the fenderAn old man sits dreaming to-night,His withered hands, licked by the tender,Warm rays ...
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 ...
The Two Armies (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Once over the ocean in distant lands,In an age long past, were two hostile bands—Two armies of men, both brave, ...
In The Night (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In the silent midnight watches,When the earth was clothed in gloom,And the grim and awful darknessCrept unbidden to my room—On ...
Widows (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The world was widowed by the death of Christ:Vainly its suffering soul for peace has soughtAnd found it not.For nothing, ...
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 ...
A Servian Legend (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Long, long ago, ere yet our race began,When earth was empty, waiting still for man,Before the breath of life to ...
Master And Servant (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The devil to Bacchus said, one day,In a scowling, growling, petulant way,As he came from earth to hell:"There's a soul ...
His Youth (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Dying? I am not dying. Are you mad?You think I need to ask for heavenly grace?I think you are a ...
Answers (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
What is the end of each man's toil,Brother, O Brother?A handful of dust in a bit of soil—His name forgotten ...
Resigned (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
My babe was moaning in its sleep,I leaned and kissed it where it lay,My pain was such I could not ...
High Noon. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Time's finger on the dial of my lifePoints to high noon! and yet the half-spent dayLeaves less than half remaining, ...
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 ...
Out Of The Depths: Written After The Reformation Of A Brilliant And Talented Man (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Out of the midnight, rayless and cheerless,Into the morning's golden light;Out of the clutches of wrong and ruin,Into the arms ...
Ad Finem (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
On the white throat of useless passionThat scorched my soul with its burning breathI clutched my hands in murderous fashion,And ...
The Barbarous Chief (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There was a kingdom known as the Mind,A kingdom vast as fair,And the brave king, Brain, had the right to ...
The Farewell to Clarimonde (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Adieu, Romauld! But thou canst not forget me.Although no more I haunt thy dreams at night,Thy hungering heart forever must ...
Thou Dost Not Know (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Thou dost not know it! but to hearOne word of praise from thee,There is no pain I would not bear,No ...
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 ...
Alcohol’s Requiem Upon Prof. P. F. K., A Gifted Man, Who Died A Victim Of Strong Drink (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Ho! ho! Father Death! I have won you another!Another grand soul I have ruined and taken;I, who am licensed by ...
Art and Heart (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Though critics may bow to art, and I am its own true lover,It is not art, but heart, which wins ...
Here And Now. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Here, in the heart of the world,Here, in the noise and the din,Here, where our spirits were hurledTo battle with ...
Older Than You (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
We are younger in years! Yes, that is true;But in some things we are older than you.For instance, you sometimes ...
Discredited (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Three million women without matesIn lonely homes on earth!And Cupid sighs at heaven's gates,Where many a spirit ego waitsIts call ...
Breakers (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
When you launch your bark for sailingOn the sea of life, O youth!Clothe your heart and soul and spiritIn the ...
Bedlam Town (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Do you want to peep into Bedlam Town?Then come with me, when the day swings down,Into the cradle, whose rockers ...