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 ...
There was a kingdom known as the Mind,A kingdom vast as fair,And the brave king, Brain, had the right to ...
There is grief in the cup!I saw a proud mother set wine on the board;The eyes of her son sparkled ...
A vision beauteous as the morn, With heavenly eyes and tresses streaming, Slow glided o'er a field late shorn ...
Dost thou not tire, Isaura, of this play?"What play?" Why, this old play of winning hearts!Nay, now, lift not thine ...
I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:And his ...
In the old wars of the world there were camp-followers,Women of ancient sins who gave themselves for hire,Women of weak ...
I am troubled to-night with a curious pain;It is not of the flesh, it is not of the brain,Nor yet ...
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 ...
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 ...
For the courage which comes when we call,While troubles like hailstones fall;For the help that is somehow nigh,In the deepest ...
Immortal life is something to be earned,By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,And patient seeking after higher truths.We cannot follow our ...
I am singing a song to the boys to-day,A song of the home that is far away.And I know that ...
I am all tired out, said the mouth, with a pout,I am all tired out with talk.Just wait, said the ...
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.—St. John the Divine.The Spirit says ...
Our thoughts are molding unmade spheres,And, like a blessing or a curse,They thunder down the formless years,And ring throughout the ...
The solemn Sea of Silence lies between us;I know thou livest, and them lovest me,And yet I wish some white ...
Where have they gone to—the little girlsWith natural manners and natural curls;Who love their dollies and like their toys,And talk ...
Out over childhood's borders,Manhood's brave banners unfurled,Weighed down with precepts and ordersA boy has gone into the world.Nobody thinks it ...
Here, in the heart of the world,Here, in the noise and the din,Here, where our spirits were hurledTo battle with ...
Lord, let us pray.Give us the open mind, O God,The mind that dares believeIn paths of thought as yet untrod;The ...
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 ...
We are the Allies of God to-day,And the width of the earth is our right of way.Let no man question ...
Do you want to peep into Bedlam Town?Then come with me, when the day swings down,Into the cradle, whose rockers ...
Dear friend, I pray thee, if thou wouldst be provingThy strong regard for me,Make me no vows. Lip-service is not ...
Life is a ponderous lesson-book, and FateThe teacher. When I came to love's fair leafMy teacher turned the page and ...
Talk happiness. The world is sad enoughWithout your woes. No path is wholly rough;Look for the places that are smooth ...
If we sit down at set of sun,And count the things that we have done,And counting, findOne self-denying act, one ...
If all the end of this continuous strivingWere simply to attain,How poor would seem the planning and contrivingThe endless urging ...
With each strong thought, with every earnest longingFor aught thou deemest needful to thy soul,Invisible vast forces are set throngingBetween ...
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