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A Waltz-Quadrille by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The band was playing a waltz-quadrille,
I felt as light as a wind-blown feather,
As we floated awa..
A Waif by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
My soul is like a poor caged bird to-night,
Beating its wings against the prison bars,
Longing to..
At The Window by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Every morning, as I walk down
From my dreary lodgings, toward the town,
I see at a window, near th..
A yacht from its harbour ropes pulled free, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A yacht from its harbour ropes pulled free,
And leaped like a steed o’er the race track blue,
Then..
Ad Finum by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
On the white throat of useless passion
That scorched my soul with its burning breath
I clutched my..
A Marine Etching by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A yacht from its harbour ropes pulled free,
And leaped like a steed o’er the race track blue,
Then..
Arise by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Why sit ye idly dreaming all the day,
While the golden, precious hours flit away?
See you not the..
A trusting little leaf of green, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A little leaf just in the forest’s edge,
All summer long, had listened to the wooing
Of amorous br..
A Suggestion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
As I go and shop, sir!
If a car I stop, sir!
Where you chance to sit,
And you want to read, sir!
..
An Old Man To His Sleeping Young Bride by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
As when the old moon lighted by the tender
And radiant crescent of the new is seen,
And for a mome..
Answered by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Good-bye – Yes, I am going,
Sudden? Well, you are right.
But a startling truth came home to me
Wi..
An Empty Crib by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Beside a crib that holds a baby’s stocking,
A tattered picture book, a broken toy,
A sleeping moth..
Art And Love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
For many long uninterrupted years
She was the friend and confidant of Art;
They walked together, h..
At Bay by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wife
Reach out your arms, and hold me close and fast.
Tell me there are no memories of your past
..
Artist's Life by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote,
mad with melody, rhythm--rife
From the very first to t..
An Answer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If all the year was summer-time,
And all the aim of life
Was just to lilt on like a rhyme –
Then..
Ambition's Trail by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If all the end of this continuous striving
Were simply to attain,
How poor would seem the planning..
Advice by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I must do as you do? Your way I own
Is a very good way, and still,
There are sometimes two straigh..
Answered Prayers by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I prayed for riches, and achieved success;
All that I touched turned into gold. Alas!
My cares wer..
A March Snow by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Let the old snow be covered with the new:
The trampled snow, so soiled, and stained, and sodden.
L..
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