Conversation (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
We were a baker's dozen in the house—six women and six menBesides myself; and all of us had knownThose benefits ...
We were a baker's dozen in the house—six women and six menBesides myself; and all of us had knownThose benefits ...
On the sea of life they floated,Brothers twain in manhood's pride,And the good ship "Temperance" bore them,Safely o'er the stormy ...
I saw them sitting in the shade;The long green vines hung over,But could not hide the gold-haired maidAnd Earl, my ...
I saw the farmer, when the day was done,And the proud sun had sought his crimson bed,And the mild stars ...
The New Year dawns again upon the earth,And all our land re-echoes with its mirth.From east to west, from north ...
I have been down in the darkest water—Deep, deep down where no light could pierce;Alone with the things that are ...
Sometimes when I have dropped asleep, Draped in soft luxurious gloom, Across my drowsy mind will creep ...
I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:And his ...
Nay, nay, Antonio! nay, thou shalt not blame her,My Gracia, who hath so deserted me.Thou art my friend, but if ...
I am singing a song to the boys to-day,A song of the home that is far away.And I know that ...
Have you heard of the king of Candy land?Well, listen while I sing,He has pages on every hand,For he is ...
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,But has ...
As we journey along, with a laugh and a song,We see, on youth's flower-decked slope,Like a beacon of light, shining ...
What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times?The new years come, the old ...
One moment alone in the garden, Under the August skies; The moon had gone but the stars shone on, - ...
As we hurry away to the end, my friend, Of this sad little farce called existence, We are sure that ...
Though with gods the world is cumbered, Gods unnamed, and gods unnumbered, Never god was known to be Who had ...
If all the year was summer-time, And all the aim of life Was just to lilt on like a rhyme ...
I want more lives in which to love This world so full of beauty, I want more days to use ...
The band was playing a waltz-quadrille, I felt as light as a wind-blown feather, As we floated away, at the ...
'Tis time to dress. Dost hear the music surging Like sobbing waves that roll up from the sea? Yes, yes, ...
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