A Mother’s Wail (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The sweet young Spring walks over the earth,It flushes and glows on moor and lea;The birds are singing in careless ...
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems on World (155 Poems)
Songs Of A Country Home (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
IWho has not felt his heart leap up, and glowWhat time the tulips first begin to blow,Has one sweet joy, ...
Science (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Alone I climb the steep ascending pathWhich leads to knowledge. In the babbling throngsThat hurry after, shouting to the worldSmall ...
War (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
IThere is no picturesqueness and no glory,No halo of romance, in war to-day.It is a hideous thing; Time would turn ...
Clara Morris (Written for a Benefit Given Mrs. Morris) (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The Radiant Ruler of Mystic RegionsWhere souls of artists are fitted for birth,Gathered together their lovely legionsAnd fashioned a woman ...
Answers (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
What is the end of each man's toil,Brother, O Brother?A handful of dust in a bit of soil—His name forgotten ...
The Duel (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Oh many a duel the world has seenThat was bittter with hate, that was red with gore,But I sing of ...
A Man’s Repentance (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
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 Same Old Strain (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Each day that I live I am persuaded anew,A maxim I long have believed in, is true.Each day I grow ...
Ascension (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I have been down in the darkest water—Deep, deep down where no light could pierce;Alone with the things that are ...
Veils (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Veils, everywhere float veils; veils long and black,Framing white faces, oft-times young and fair,But, like a rose touched by untimely ...
The Boys’ And Girls’ Thanksgiving (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
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! (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Give us a call! We keep good beer,Wine, and brandy, and whiskey here;Our doors are open to boys and men,And ...
Our Atlas (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Not Atlas, with his shoulders bent beneath the weighty world,Bore such a burden as this man, on whom the Gods ...
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 ...
Sign-Board (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I will paint you a sign, rumseller,And hang it above your door;A truer and better signboardThan ever you had before.I ...
The Giddy Girl (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
A giddy young maiden with nimble feet,Heigh-ho! alack and alas!Declared she would far rather dance than eat,And the truth of ...
How does Love speak? (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In the faint flush upon the tell-tale cheek,And in the pallor that succeeds it; byThe quivering lid of an averted ...
The Ogre Slam-The-Doo (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There is a certain castle that is beautiful and fair,And plants, and birds, and pretty things, fill every room and ...
What I Have Seen #3 (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I saw two youths: both were fair in the face,They had set out foot to foot in life's race;But one ...
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 ...
What I Have Seen #4 (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I saw a youth, one of God's favored few,Crowned with beauty, and talents, and health;He had climbed the steep pathway, ...
Camp Followers (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In the old wars of the world there were camp-followers,Women of ancient sins who gave themselves for hire,Women of weak ...
The Coming Man (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
Under The Sheet (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
What a terrible night! Does the Night, I wonder—The Night, with her black veil down to her feetLike an ordained ...
Unanswered Prayers (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Like some school master, kind in being stern,Who hears the children crying o'er their slatesAnd calling, "Help me master!" yet ...
Spectres (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
How terrible these nights are when aloneWith our scarred hearts, we sit in solitude,And some old sorrow, to the world ...
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 ...