Sounds From The Baseball Field (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Batter in the home place,That was nobly done;Try and get the first base—Run! Run! RUN!Ah, there, short stop, will you ...
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems (545 Poems)
Thou Dost Not Know (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Thou dost not know it! but to hearOne word of praise from thee,There is no pain I would not bear,No ...
Old Rhythm And Rhyme (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
They tell me new methods now govern the Muses,The modes of expression have changed with the times;That low is the ...
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 We Want (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
All nail the dawn of a new day breaking,When a strong-armed nation shall take awayThe weary burdens from backs that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wild Oats (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:And his ...
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 ...
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, ...
Guilo (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Yes, yes! I love thee, Guilo; thee alone.Why dost thou sigh, and wear that face of sorrow?The sunshine is to-day's, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mesalliance (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I am troubled to-night with a curious pain;It is not of the flesh, it is not of the brain,Nor yet ...
Don’t Drink (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Don't drink, boys, don't!There is nothing of happiness, pleasure, or cheer,In brandy, in whiskey, in rum, ale, or beer.If they ...
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 ...
Floods (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In the dark night, from sweet refreshing sleepI wake to hear outside my window-paneThe uncurbed fury of the wild spring ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two Boys And A Cigarette (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Two bright little fellows, named Harry and Will,Were just the same age and the same size untilOne day in their ...
Time’s Hymn Of Hate (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Oh, boastful, wicked land, that once was beautiful and great,How bitter and how black must be your self-invited fate,While Time ...
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 ...
The Traveled Man (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Sometimes I wish the railroads all were torn out, The ships all sunk among the coral strands. I am so ...
I Told You So (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I know a little fellow, his name I think is Jo,But he is seldom called by that—he has a queer ...
I Step Across The Mystic Border-Land (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I step across the mystic border-land,And look upon the wonder-world of Art.How beautiful, how beautiful its hills!And all its valleys, ...