A Baby In The House (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I knew that a baby was hid in that house,Though I saw no cradle and heard no cry;But the husband ...
I knew that a baby was hid in that house,Though I saw no cradle and heard no cry;But the husband ...
IOh, for the power to call to aid, of mineOwn humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.Then might she fitly ...
And now, when poets are singing Their songs of olden days, And now, when the land is ringing With sweet ...
Sit still, I say, and dispense with heroics!I hurt your wrists? Well, you have hurt me.It is time you found ...
The gate was thrown open, I rode out alone,More proud than a monarch who sits on a throne.I am but ...
The sun rode high in a cloudless skyOf a perfect summer morn.She stood and gazed out into the street,And wondered ...
Sitting alone by the window,Watching the moonlit street,Bending my head to listenTo the well-known sound of your feet,I have been ...
In his great cushioned chair by the fenderAn old man sits dreaming to-night,His withered hands, licked by the tender,Warm rays ...
We were a baker's dozen in the house—six women and six menBesides myself; and all of us had knownThose benefits ...
In the silent midnight watches,When the earth was clothed in gloom,And the grim and awful darknessCrept unbidden to my room—On ...
The world was widowed by the death of Christ:Vainly its suffering soul for peace has soughtAnd found it not.For nothing, ...
A little time agone, a few brief years,And there was peace within our beauteous borders;Peace, and a prosperous people, and ...
Three Souls there were that reached the Heavenly Gate,And gained permission of the Guard to wait.Barred from the bliss of ...
The Radiant Ruler of Mystic RegionsWhere souls of artists are fitted for birth,Gathered together their lovely legionsAnd fashioned a woman ...
Oh many a duel the world has seenThat was bittter with hate, that was red with gore,But I sing of ...
To-night when I came from the club at eleven,Under the gaslight I saw a face—A woman's face! and I swear ...
The New Year dawns again upon the earth,And all our land re-echoes with its mirth.From east to west, from north ...
Veils, everywhere float veils; veils long and black,Framing white faces, oft-times young and fair,But, like a rose touched by untimely ...
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 ...
Give us a call! We keep good beer,Wine, and brandy, and whiskey here;Our doors are open to boys and men,And ...
You do but jest, sir, and you jest not well,How could the hand be enemy of the arm, Or seed ...
We two were lovers, the Sea and I; We plighted our troth 'neath a summer sky.And all through the riotous, ...
Woman, sitting at your ease,In the midst of luxuries,Bound by chains of selfishness,With no aim but "how to dress,"Does the ...
The bold young Autumn came riding alongOne day where an elm-tree grew."You are fair," he said, as she bent down ...
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 it! but to hearOne word of praise from thee,There is no pain I would not bear,No ...
Nay, nay, Antonio! nay, thou shalt not blame her,My Gracia, who hath so deserted me.Thou art my friend, but if ...
In the old wars of the world there were camp-followers,Women of ancient sins who gave themselves for hire,Women of weak ...
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 ...
Think of it, think of it over the waterThousands of men to-day march on to death,Think how the sun shines ...
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