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...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox – A Lover's Quarrel

We two were lovers, the Sea and I;We plighted our troth 'neath a summer sky.And all through the riotous, ardent weatherWe dreamed, and loved, and rejoiced together.At times my lover would rage and storm.I said: 'No matter, his heart is warm.'Whatever his humour, I loved his ways,And...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox – America Will Not Turn Back - Woodrow Wilson

America will not turn back; She did not idly start, But weighed full carefully and well Her grave, important part. She chose the part of Freedom's friend, And will pursue it, to the end. Great Liberty, who guards her gates, Will shine upon her course, And light...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Let Us Give Thanks

For the courage which comes when we call,While troubles like hailstones fall;For the help that is somehow nigh,In the deepest night when we cry;For the path that is certainly shownWhen we pray in the dark alone,Let us give thanks.For the knowledge we gain if we waitAnd bear all...