English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Limitless. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Limitless There is nothing, I hold, in the way of work That a human being may not achieve If he does not falter, or shrink, or shirk, And more than all, if he will believe. Believe in himself and the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Arise. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Arise Why sit ye idly dreaming all the day, While the golden, precious hours flit away? See you not the day is waning, waning fast? That the morn’s already vanished in the past? When the glowing noon approaches, we will rest […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. It All Will Come out Right. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) It All Will Come out Right Whatever is a cruel wrong, Whatever is unjust, The honest years that speed along Will trample in the dust. In restless youth I railed at fate With all my puny might, But now I […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Suggestion. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Suggestion As I go and shop, sir! If a car I stop, sir! Where you chance to sit, And you want to read, sir! Never mind or heed, sir! I’ll not care a bit. For it’s now aesthetic To be […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Earthly Pride. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Earthly Pride How baseless is the mightiest earthly pride, The diamond is but charcoal purified, The lordliest pearl that decks a monarch’s breast Is but an insect’s sepulchre at best. Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s other poems: The Phantom Ball The Giddy […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An Old Man to His Sleeping Young Bride. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An Old Man to His Sleeping Young Bride As when the old moon lighted by the tender And radiant crescent of the new is seen, And for a moment’s space suggests the splendor Of what in its full prime it once has been, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sing to Me. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sing to Me Sing to me! Something of sunlight and bloom, I am so compassed with sorrow and gloom, I am so sick with the world’s noisse and strife, - Sing of the beauty and brightness of life – Sing to […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Begin the Day. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Begin the Day Begin each morning with a talk to God, And ask for your divine inheritance Of usefulness, contentment, and success. Resign all fear, all doubt, and all despair. The stars doubt not, and they are undismayed, Though whirled through space for […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. Flowers. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) Flowers I will not have the mad Clytie, Whose head is turned by the sun; The tulip is a courtly queen, Whom, therefore, I will shun; The cowslip is a country wench, The violet is a nun; - But I will woo the […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love’s Coming. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love’s Coming She had looked for his coming as warriors come, With the clash of arms and the bugle’s call; But he came instead with a stealthy tread, Which she did not hear at all. She had […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Be Not Weary. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Be Not Weary Sometimes, when I am toil-worn and aweary, And tired out with working long and well, And earth is dark, and skies above are dreary, And heart and soul are all too sick to tell, These words have come to […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Artist’s Life. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Artist’s Life Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote, mad with melody, rhythm–rife From the very first to the final note, Give me his ”Artist’s Life!” It stirs my blood to my finger ends, Thrills me and fills me with […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. By-And-Bye. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) By-And-Bye ‘By-and-bye,’ the maiden sighed – ‘by-and-bye He will claim me for his bride, Hope is strong and time is fleet; Youth is fair, and love is sweet, Clouds will pass that fleck my sky, He will come back […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An Answer (If all the year was summer-time). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An Answer (If all the year was summer-time) If all the year was summer-time, And all the aim of life Was just to lilt on like a rhyme – Then I would be your wife. If all the days were August days, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. My Home. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) My Home This is the place that I love the best, A little brown house, like a ground-bird’s nest, Hid among grasses, and vines, and trees, Summer retreat of the birds and bees. The tenderest light that ever […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Our Blessings. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Our Blessings Sitting to-day in the sunshine, That touched me with fingers of love, I thought of the manifold blessings God scatters on earth, from above; And they seemed, as I numbered them over, Far more than we […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Inspiration. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Inspiration Not like a daring, bold, aggressive boy, Is inspiration, eager to pursue, But rather like a maiden, fond, yet coy, Who gives herself to him who best doth woo. Once she may smile, or thrice, thy soul […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Life Is a Privilege. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Life Is a Privilege Life is a privilege. Its youthful days Shine 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 […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. River and Sea (Under the light of the silver moon). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) River and Sea (Under the light of the silver moon) Under the light of the silver moon We two sat, when our hearts were young; The night was warm with the breath of June, And loud from the meadow the cricket […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged 3 Years and 5 months. Томас Гуд (Худ).
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged 3 Years and 5 months Thou happy, happy elf! (But stop,—first let me kiss away that tear—) Thou tiny image of myself! (My love, he’s poking peas into his ear!) Thou merry, laughing sprite! With spirits […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Old Times. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Old Times Friend of my youth, let us talk of old times; Of the long lost golden hours. When ”Winter” meant only Christmas chimes, And ”Summer” wreaths of flowers. Life has grown old, and cold, my friend, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Sorrow’s Uses. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Sorrow’s Uses The uses of sorrow I comprehend Better and better at each year’s end. Deeper and deeper I seem to see Why and wherefore it has to be Only after the dark, wet days Do we fully rejoice in […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Lost. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Lost You left me with the autumn time; When the winter stripped the forest bare, Then dressed it in his spotless rime; When frosts were lurking in the air You left me here and went away. The winds were […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Bird of Hope. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Bird of Hope Soar not too high, O bird of Hope! Because the skies are fair; The tempest may come on apace And overcome thee there. When far above the mountain tops Thou soarest, over all – If, then, the storm should […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Song of the Spirit (Too sweet and too subtle for pen or for tongue). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Song of the Spirit (Too sweet and too subtle for pen or for tongue) Too sweet and too subtle for pen or for tongue In phrases unwritten and measures unsung, As deep and as strange as the sounds of the sea, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Advice. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Advice I must do as you do? Your own way I own Is a very good way. And still, There are sometimes two straight roads to a town, One over, one under the hill. You are treading the safe and the well-worn […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Thanksgiving (We walk on starry fields of white). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Thanksgiving (We walk on starry fields of white) We walk on starry fields of white And do not see the daisies; For blessings common in our sight We rarely offer praises. We sigh for some supreme delight To crown our lives with splendor, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. My Ships. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) My Ships If all the ships I have at sea Should come a-sailing home to me, From sunny lands, and lands of cold, Ah well! the harbor could not hold So many sails as there would be […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Joy. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Joy My heart is like a little bird That sits and sings for very gladness. Sorrow is some forgotten word, And so, except in rhyme, is sadness. The world is very fair to me – Such azure skies, such golden […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. An Inspiration. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) An Inspiration However the battle is ended, Though proudly the victor comes With fluttering flags and prancing nags And echoing roll of drums, Still truth proclaims this motto In letters of living light,– No question is ever settled Until it is settled right. […]
English Poetry. Thomas Hood. Silence. Томас Гуд (Худ). Тишина
Thomas Hood (Томас Гуд (Худ)) Silence Sonnet There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be, In the cold grave — under the deep, deep sea, Or in wide desert where no life is found, Which hath […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Life’s Scars. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Life’s Scars They say the world is round, and yet I often think it square, So many little hurts we get From corners here and there. But one great truth in life I’ve found, While journeying to the West- The only folks […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love The longer I live and the more I see Of the struggle of souls towards the heights above, The stronger this truth comes home to me— That the Universe rests on the shoulders of love, A love […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Grey Mood. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Grey Mood As we hurry away to the end, my friend, Of this sad little farce called existence, We are sure that the future will bring one thing, And that is the grave in the distance. And so when our lives […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Angel or Demon. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Angel or Demon You call me an angel of love and of light, A being of goodness and heavenly fire, Sent out from God’s kingdom to guide you aright, In paths where your spirits may mount and aspire. You say that I glow […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Go Plant a Tree. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Go Plant a Tree God, what a joy it is to plant a tree, And from the sallow earth to watch it rise, Lifting its emerald branches to the skies In silent adoration; and to see Its strength […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. “It Might Have Been”. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) “It Might Have Been” We will be what we could be. Do not say, ”It might have been, had not this, or that, or this.” No fate can keep us from the chosen way; He only might who is. We will […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Platonic. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Platonic I knew it the first of the summer, I knew it the same at the end, That you and your love were plighted, But couldn’t you be my friend? Couldn’t we sit in the twilight, Couldn’t […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Lovers’ Quarrel. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Lovers’ Quarrel We two were lovers, the Sea and I; We plighted our troth ‘neath a summer sky. And all through the riotous ardent weather We dreamed, and loved, and rejoiced together. * * * At times my lover would […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Poverty and Wealth. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Poverty and Wealth The stork flew over a town one day, And back of each wing an infant lay; One to a rich man’s home he brought, And one he left at a labourer’s cot. The rich man said, ‘My […]