Custer: Book Second (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
IOh, for the power to call to aid, of mineOwn humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.Then might she fitly ...
IOh, for the power to call to aid, of mineOwn humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.Then might she fitly ...
IAs in the long dead days marauding hostsOf Indians came from far Siberian coasts,And drove the peaceful Aztecs from their ...
Fire! Fire! Fire! the cry rang out on the night air,The roving winds caught it up, and the very heavens ...
The world has crowned a thousand kings:But destiny has keptHer weightiest hour of kingly powerTo offer England's son.The rising bell ...
ISir Knight of the world's oldest order,Sir Knight of the Army of God,You have crossed the strange mystical border,The ground ...
"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 ...
There are not many sins when once we sift them.In actions of evolving human soulsStriving to reach high goalsAnd falling ...
Some cawing Crows, a hooting Owl,A Hawk, a Canary, an old Marsh-Fowl,One day all meet togetherTo hold a caucus and ...
Where are the temperance people?Well, scattered here and there:Some gathering in their produceTo show at the autumn fair;Some threshing wheat ...
Never since the race was started,Had a boy in any clime,Cause to be so thankful-hearted,As the boys of present time.Not ...
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 ...
IWe cannot choose our sorrows. One there wasWho, reverent of soul, and strong with trust,Cried, 'God, though Thou shouldst bow ...
Wise men tell me thou, O Fate,Art invincible and great. Well, I own thy prowess; stillDare I flount thee, with ...
I said this morning, as I leaned and threwMy shutters open to the Spring's surprise,"Tell me, O Earth, how is ...
This is the world's stupendous hour—The supreme moment for the raceTo see the emptiness of power,The worthlessness of wealth and ...
Here, in the heart of the world,Here, in the noise and the din,Here, where our spirits were hurledTo battle with ...
I saw a Christian, a temperance man,Casting his ballot one day at the polls:One who believes he does what he ...
Now what were the words of Jesus,And what would He pause and say,If we were to meet in home or ...
You never can tell when you send a word,Like an arrow shot from a bowBy an archer blind, be it ...
Life is too short for any vain regretting;Let dead delight bury its dead, I say,And let us go upon our ...
Changed? Yes, I will confess it - I have changed. I do not love you in the old fond way. ...
You call me an angel of love and of light, A being of goodness and heavenly fire, Sent out from ...
BOOK FIRST. I. ALL valor died not on the plains of Troy. Awake, my Muse, awake! be thine the joy ...
Whatever is a cruel wrong, Whatever is unjust, The honest years that speed along Will trample in the dust. In ...
Here, in the heart of the world, Here, in the noise and the din, Here, where our spirits were hurled ...
Do you remember the name I wore - The old pet-name of Little Queen - In the dear, dead days ...
Every morning, as I walk down From my dreary lodgings, toward the town, I see at a window, near the ...
We must not force events, but rather make The heart soil ready for their coming, as The earth spreads carpets ...
Straight through my heart this fact to-day, By Truth's own hand is driven: God never takes one thing away, But ...
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