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, ...
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems (545 Poems)
Integrity (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Immortal life is something to be earned,By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,And patient seeking after higher truths.We cannot follow our ...
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 ...
Dream Town (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Now who is ready to go with meOff and away to dream town?Oh, such a journey as that will be,All ...
Thy Ship (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Hadst thou a ship, in whose vast hold lay storedThe priceless riches of all climes and lands,Say, wouldst thou let ...
The Poor Little Toe (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I am all tired out, said the mouth, with a pout,I am all tired out with talk.Just wait, said the ...
Alcohol’s Requiem Upon Prof. P. F. K., A Gifted Man, Who Died A Victim Of Strong Drink (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Ho! ho! Father Death! I have won you another!Another grand soul I have ruined and taken;I, who am licensed by ...
The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
You know that oasis, fresh and fairIn the city desert, as Greeley square?That bright triangle of scented bloomThat lies surrounded ...
Where Is Thy Brother? (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Oh! when I think in what a thorny wayThe feet of men must ever walk and stray,I do not wonder ...
Is It Well? (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Saw you the youth, with the face like the morning,Refilling the glass, that foamed white as the sea?Heard you the ...
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 ...
The Things That Count (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Now, dear, it isn't the bold things,Great deeds of valour and might,That count the most in the summing up of ...
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 ...
Be Not Dismayed (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Be not dismayed, be not dismayed when deathSets its white seal upon some worshipped face.Poor human nature for a little ...
The River Of Sleep (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
There are curious isles in the River of Sleep,Curious isles without number.We'll visit them all as we leisurely creepDown the ...
Peek-A-Boo (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The cunningest thing that a baby can doIs the very first time it plays peek-a-boo;When it hides its pink little ...
You Will Forget Me (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
You will forget me. The years are so tender,They bind up the wounds which we think are so deep,This dream ...
The Old Wooden Cradle (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Good-bye to the cradle, the dear wooden cradleThe rude hand of Progress has thrust it aside.No more to its motion ...
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 ...
He That Hath Ears (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.—St. John the Divine.The Spirit says ...
Over The Water (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Think of it, think of it over the waterThousands of men to-day march on to death,Think how the sun shines ...
As By Fire (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Sometimes I feel so passionate a yearningFor spiritual perfection here below,This vigorous frame, with healthful fervor burning,Seems my determined foe,So ...
Canada (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
England, father and mother in one,Look on your stalwart son.Sturdy and strong, with the valour of youth,Where is another so ...
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 ...
The Year Outgrows the Spring (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The year outgrows the spring it thought so sweet,And clasps the summer with a new delight,Yet wearied, leaves her languors ...
Good-By To The Cradle (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
GOOD-BY to the cradle, the dear wooden cradle, The rude hand of Progress has thrust it aside: No more to ...
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 ...