Ella Wheeler Wilcox – A Pin

 Oh, I know a certain lady who is reckoned with the good,Yet she fills me with more terror than a raging lion would.The little chills run up and down my spine whene’er we meet,Though she seems a gentle creature, and she’s very trim and neat.And she has a thousand virtues and...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Life Is A Privilege

 Life is a privilege. Its youthful daysShine with the radiance of continuous Mays.To live, to breathe, to wonder and desire,To feed with dreams the heart’s perpetual fire,To thrill with virtuous passions, and to glowWith great ambitions – in one hour to knowThe depths and heights...