English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Presumption. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Presumption Whenever I am prone to doubt or wonder - I check myself, and say, ’That mighty One Who made the solar system cannot blunder - And for the best all things are being done.’ Who set the stars on their eternal […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Idler’s Song. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Idler’s Song I sit in the twilight dim At the close of an idle day, And I list to the soft sweet hymn, That rises far away, And dies on the evening air. Oh, all day long, They […]
English Poetry. Samuel Johnson. Song. Сэмюэл Джонсон.
Samuel Johnson (Сэмюэл Джонсон) Song Not the soft sighs of vernal gales, The fragrance of the flowery vales, The murmurs of the crystal rill, The vocal grove, the verdant hill; Not all their charms, though all unite, Can touch my bosom with delight. Not all the gems […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Foes. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Foes Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear As valued friends. He cannot know The zest of life who runneth here His earthly race without a foe. I saw a prize, ”Run,” cried my friend; ”’T […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Guerdon. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Guerdon Upon the white cheek of the Cherub Year I saw a tear. Alas! I murmured, that the Year should borrow So soon a sorrow. Just then the sunlight fell with sudden flame: A tear became A wondrous diamond sparkling in […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Perished. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Perished I called to the summer sun, “Come over the hills to-day! Unlock the rivers, and tell them to run, And kiss the snow-drifts and melt them away.” And the sun came over – a tardy lover – And […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Introductory Verses. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Introductory Verses Oh, you who read some song that I have sung – What know you of the soul from whence it sprung? Dost dream the poet ever speaks aloud His secret thought unto the listening crowd? Go […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Music in the Flat. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Music in the Flat When Tom and I were married, we took a little flat; I had a taste for singing and playing and all that. And Tom, who loved to hear me, said he hoped I would not stop All […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Beppo. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Beppo Why are thou sad, my Beppo? But last eve, Here at my feet, thy dear head on my breast, I heard thee say thy heart would no more grieve Or feel the olden ennui and unrest. What troubles thee? Am […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Love’s Supremacy. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Love’s Supremacy As yon great Sun in his supreme condition Absorbs small worlds and makes them all his own, So does my love absorb each vain ambition Each outside purpose which my life has known. Stars cannot shine […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Recompense. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Recompense Straight through my heart this fact to-day, By Truth’s own hand is driven: God never takes one thing away, But something else is given. I did not know in earlier years, This law of love and […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Realisation. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Realisation Hers was a lonely, shadowed lot; Or so the unperceiving thought, Who looked no deeper than her face, Devoid of chiselled lines of grace – No farther than her humble grate, And wondered how she bore her […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Fleeing Away. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Fleeing Away My thoughts soar not as they ought to soar, Higher and higher on soul-lent wings; But ever and often and more and more They are dragged down earthward by little things, By little troubles and little […]
English Poetry. Samuel Johnson. From the Medea of Euripides. Сэмюэл Джонсон.
Samuel Johnson (Сэмюэл Джонсон) From the Medea of Euripides The rites derived from ancient days With thoughtless reverence we praise, The rites that taught us to combine The joys of music and of wine, And bid the feast, and song and bowl O’erfill the saturated soul: But ne’er […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Resolve. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Resolve Build on resolve, and not upon regret, The structure of thy future. Do not grope Among the shadows of old sins, but let Thine own soul’s light shine on the path of hope And dissipate the darkness. Waste no tears […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Waltz-Quadrille. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Waltz-Quadrille The band was playing a waltz-quadrille, I felt as light as a wind-blown feather, As we floated away, at the caller’s will, Through the intricate, mazy dance together. Like mimic armies our lines were meeting, Slowly advancing, and then retreating, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Waif. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Waif My soul is like a poor caged bird to-night, Beating its wings against the prison bars, Longing to reach the outer world of light, And, all untrammelled, soar among the stars. Wild, mighty thoughts struggle within my soul For utterance. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Philosophy. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Philosophy At morn the wise man walked abroad, Proud with the learning of great fools. He laughed and said, ‘There is no God – ‘Tis force creates, ‘tis reason rules.’ Meek with the wisdom of great faith, At night […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Fading (She sits beside the window. All who pass). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Fading (She sits beside the window. All who pass) She sits beside the window. All who pass Turn once again to gaze on her sweet face. She is so fair; but soon, too soon, alas, To lie down in her last resting-place. […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Smoke. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Smoke Last summer, lazing by the sea, I met a most entrancing creature, Her black eyes quite bewildered me— She had a Spanish cast of feature. She often smoked a cigarette, And did it in the cutest […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A Marine Etching. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) A Marine Etching A yacht from its harbor ropes pulled free, And leaped like a steed o’er the race track blue, Then up behind her the dust of the sea, A gray fog, drifted, and hid her from view. Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s other […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Completion. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Completion When I shall meet God’s generous dispensers Of all the riches in the heavenly store, Those lesser gods, who act as Recompensers For loneliness and loss upon this shore, Methinks abashed, and somewhat hesitating, My soul its wish […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Contrasts. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Contrasts I see the tall church steeples, They reach so far, so far, But the eyes of my heart see the world’s great mart, Where the starving people are. I hear the church bells ringing Their chimes on […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Not Quite the Same. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Not Quite the Same Not quite the same the springtime seems to me, Since that sad season when in separate ways Our paths diverged. There are no more such days As dawned for us in that last time when we Dwelt in […]
English Poetry. Samuel Johnson. Drury-Lane Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick. Сэмюэл Джонсон.
Samuel Johnson (Сэмюэл Джонсон) Drury-Lane Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick When Learning’s triumph o’er her barb’rous foes First rear’d the stage, immortal Shakespear rose; Each change of many-colour’d life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin’d new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil’d […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Ad Finem. Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Ad Finem On the white throat of the useless passion That scorched my soul with its burning breath, I clutched my fingers in murderous fashion, And gathered them close in a grip of death; For why should I fan, or feed with fuel, […]
English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Fading (All in the beautiful Autumn weather). Элла Уилкокс.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс) Fading (All in the beautiful Autumn weather) All in the beautiful Autumn weather One thought lingers with me and stays; Death and winter are coming together, Though both are veiled by the amber haze I look on the forest of royal […]
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 […]