Transformati (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
She waited in a rose-hued room;A wanton-hearted creature she,But beautiful and bright to seeAs some great orchid just in bloom.Upon ...
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems on Love (178 Poems)
How Is It? (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
You who are loudly crying out for peace,You who are wanting love to vanquish hate.How is it in the four ...
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 ...
Woman To Man (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
You do but jest, sir, and you jest not well,How could the hand be enemy of the arm, Or seed ...
Christmas Fancies. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago.And etched ...
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 ...
A Lover’s Quarrel (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
We two were lovers, the Sea and I; We plighted our troth 'neath a summer sky.And all through the riotous, ...
In The Cup (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There is grief in the cup!I saw a proud mother set wine on the board;The eyes of her son sparkled ...
A Naughty Little Comet (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There was a little comet who lived near the Milky Way!She loved to wander out at night and jump about ...
The Foolish Elm (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The bold young Autumn came riding alongOne day where an elm-tree grew."You are fair," he said, as she bent down ...
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 ...
National Anniversay Ode (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Ho! for the day in the whole year the brightest!Long may it live in the heart of the nation!Long may ...
Isaura (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Dost thou not tire, Isaura, of this play?"What play?" Why, this old play of winning hearts!Nay, now, lift not thine ...
Two Nights (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
(Suggested by the lives of Napoleon and Josephine) IOne night was full of rapture and delight—Of reunited arms and swooning ...
Sweet Danger (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The danger of war, with its havoc of life, The danger of ocean, when storms are rife, The danger of ...
Memory’s Mansion (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In Memory's Mansion are wonderful rooms,And I wander about them at will;And I pause at the casements, where boxes of ...
Gracia (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Nay, nay, Antonio! nay, thou shalt not blame her,My Gracia, who hath so deserted me.Thou art my friend, but if ...
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 ...
The Tryst (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There's many a house of grandeur,With turret, tower and dome,That knows not peace or comfort,And does not prove a home.I ...
The Kettle (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There's many a house of grandeur,With turret, tower and dome,That knows not peace or comfort,And does not prove a home.I ...
Let Us Give Thanks (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
For the courage which comes when we call,While troubles like hailstones fall;For the help that is somehow nigh,In the deepest ...
A Song Of Home (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I am singing a song to the boys to-day,A song of the home that is far away.And I know that ...
The Common Lot (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
It is a common fate-a woman's lot-To waste on one the riches of her soul,Who takes the wealth she gives ...
All That Love Asks. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
All that I ask, says Love, "is just to standAnd gaze, unchided, deep in thy dear eyes;For in their depths ...
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 ...
Song Of The Wheelman (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Over my desk in a dark office bending.Dim seems the sunlight and dull seems the day;But when the afternoon draws ...
I Shall Not Forget (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I shall not forget you. The years may be tender,But vain are their efforts to soften my smart;And the strong ...
Only A Sad Mistake (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Only a blunder—a sad mistake;All my own fault and mine alone.The saddest error a heart can make;I was so young, ...
The Creed To Be. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Our thoughts are molding unmade spheres,And, like a blessing or a curse,They thunder down the formless years,And ring throughout the ...
My Heritage (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I into life so full of love was sentThat all the shadows which fall on the wayOf every human being ...