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The Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) is a comprehensive compilation of the poet's work. It encompasses a variety of themes and styles, showcasing Wilcox's talent and influence in the realm of poetry. The collection is curated by Delphi Classics, a publisher known for its editions of classic literature.
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“Let us clear a little space, And make Love a burial-place. He is dead, dear, as you see, And he wearies you and me.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Yes, I have dreams. I ofttimes dream of Love As radiant and brilliant as a star. As changeless, too, as that fixed light afar Which glorifies vast worlds of space above.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Whatever is a cruel wrong, Whatever is unjust, The honest years that speed along Will trample in the dust.”
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“It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“There is no thing we cannot overcome Say not thy evil instinct is inherited, Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited.”
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“Time sped. And the poet through sorrow Became like his suffering kind. Again he toiled over his poems To lighten the grief of his mind.”
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“Give her not greatness. For great souls must stand Alone and lonely in this little world: Cleft rocks that show the great Creator's hand, Thither by earthquakes hurled.”
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“How happy they are, in all seeming, How gay, or how smilingly proud, How brightly their faces are beaming, These people who make up the crowd!”
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“Hide in your heart a bitter thought, Still it has power to blight; Think Love, although you speak it not It gives the world more light.”
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“And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.”
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“Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour.”
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“We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.”
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“God sent us here to make mistakes”
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“Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Feast, and your halls are crowded Fast, and the world goes by Succeed and give, and it helps you live But no man can help you die”
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“Time is the best avenger.”
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“I detect more good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.”
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“There is no language that love does not speak.”
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“Between the finite and the infinite
The missing link of Love has left a void.
Supply the link, and earth with Heaven will join
In one continued chain of endless life.”
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“There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.”
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“Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful Land Of Nod.”
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“What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We live, we love, we woo, we wed, We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of a year.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.”
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“There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain.”
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“God, what a world, if men in street and mart felt that same kinship of the human heart which makes them, in the face of fire and flood, rise to the meaning of true brotherhood.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will cherish my name, And think of me kindly, with blessings, alway.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Talk not of the river or lake To those who have looked on the sea.”
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“Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.”
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“I know there are no errors, In the great Eternal plan.”
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“Went up from my feet to my head,
With little chills after it stealing-
And my hands got as numb as the dead.
A moment, and then it was over:
The diamond blazed up in my eyes,
And I saw in the face of my lover
A questioning, strange surprise.
Maybe 'twas the scent of the flowers,
That heavy with fragrance bloomed near,
But I didn't feel natural for hours;
It was odd now, wasn't it, dear?
Write soon to your fortunate Clara
Who has carried the prize away,
And say you'll come on when I marry;
I think it will happen in May.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to see the way to go; When darkness falls ask God the path to show. Think for thyself and reason out thy plan; God has His work and thou hast thine. Exert thy will and use for self-control; God gave thee jurisdiction of thy soul. All thine immortal powers bring into play; Think, act, strive, reason, and look up and pray.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear, And scoff at your best endeavor. For the target art has a broad expanse, And wherever you chance to hit it, Though close be your aim to the bull's-eye fame, There are those who will never admit it.”
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“The birds laugh loud and long together When Fashion's followers speed away At the first cool breath of autumn weather. Why, this is the time, cry the birds, to stay! When the deep calm sea and the deep sky over Both look their passion through sun-kissed space, As a blue-eyed maid and her blue-eyed lover Might each gaze into the other's face.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“My life's long radiant Summer halts at last, And lo! beside my path way I behold Pursuing Autumn glide: nor frost nor cold Has heralded her presence; but a vast Sweet calm that comes not till the year has passed Its fevered solstice, and a tinge of gold Subdues the vivid colouring of bold And passion-hued emotions. I will cast My August days behind me with my May, Nor strive to drag them into Autumn's place, Nor swear I hope when I do but remember. Now violet and rose have had their day, I'll pluck the soberer asters with good grace And call September nothing but September.”
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“All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in this. We do not always win the race By only running right; We have to tread the mountain's base Before we reach its height.”
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“For every hour of pain I have had a day of pleasure. For every moment of worry, an hour of content.”
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“Our lives are songs; God write the words And we set them to music at pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure.”
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“Good music is wine turned to sound”
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“Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .”
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“All the past is not worth one today.”
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“All roads that lead to God are good.”
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“Just a little every day That's the way Children learn to read and write Bit by bit and mite by mite.”
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“That each sorrow has its purpose, By the sorrowing oft unguessed, But as sure as the sun brings morning, Whatever is-is best.”
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“In the long run all love is paid by love,
Though undervalued by the hosts of earth;
The great eternal Government above
Keeps strict account and will redeem its worth.
Give thy love freely; do not count the cost;
So beautiful a thing was never lost
In the long run.”
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