Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Breakers

When you launch your bark for sailingOn the sea of life, O youth!Clothe your heart and soul and spiritIn the blessèd garb of Truth.Guard your every..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Bohemia

Bohemia, o'er thy unatlassed bordersHow many cross, with half-reluctant feet,And unformed fears of dangers and disorders,To find delights, more..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Blind Sorrow

One bitter time of mourning, I remember,When day, and night, my sad heart did complain,My life, I said, was one cold, bleak December,And all its..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Bleak Weather

Dear Love, where the red lilies blossomed and grewThe white snows are falling;And all through the woods where I wandered with youThe loud winds are..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Bird Of Hope

Soar not too high, O bird of Hope!Because the skies are fair;The tempest may come on apaceAnd overcome thee there.When far above the mountain..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Beyond

It seemeth such a little way to meAcross to that strange country – the Beyond;And yet, not strange, for it has grown to beThe home of those whom I am..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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 grieveOr feel the olden..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Begin The Day

Begin each morning with a talk to God,And ask for your divine inheritanceOf usefulness, contentment, and success.Resign all fear, all doubt, and all..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Bedlam Town

Do you want to peep into Bedlam Town?Then come with me, when the day swings down,Into the cradle, whose rockers rim,Some people call the horizon..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Be Not Dismayed

Be not dismayed, be not dismayed when deathSets its white seal upon some worshipped face.Poor human nature for a little spaceMust suffer anguish..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Baby's First Journey

Lightly they hold him and lightly they sway himSoft as a pillow are somebody's arms.Down he goes slowly, ever so lowlyOver the rim of the cradle they..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Attainment

Use all your hidden forces.Do not miss the purpose of this life,and do not wait for circumstanceto mold or change your fate.In your own self lies..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At The Window

Every morning, as I walk downFrom my dreary lodgings, toward the town,I see at a window, near the street,The face of a woman, fair and sweet,With..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At The Hop

‘Tis time to dress. Dost hear the music surgingLike sobbing waves that roll up from the sea?Yes, yes, I hear – I yield – no need of urging;I know..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At Set Of Sun

If we sit down at set of sun,And count the things that we have done,And counting, findOne self-denying act, one wordThat eased the heart of him who..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At Eleusis

I, at Eleusis, saw the finest sight,When early morning's banners were unfurled.From high Olympus, gazing on the world,The ancient gods once saw it..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At Bay

WifeReach out your arms, and hold me close and fast.Tell me there are no memories of your pastThat mar this love of ours, so great, so..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

At An Old Drawer

Before this scarf was faded,What hours of mirth it knew;How gayly it paradedFrom smiling eyes to view.The days were tinged with glory,The nights too..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ascension

I have been down in the darkest waterDeep, deep down where no light could pierce;Alone with the things that are bent on slaughter,The mindless things..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

As You Go Through Life

Don’t look for the flaws as you go through life;And even when you find them,It is wise and kind to be somewhat blindAnd look for the virtue behind..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

As By Fire

Sometimes I feel so passionate a yearningFor spiritual perfection here below,This vigorous frame, with healthful fervor burning,Seems my determined..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Artist's Life

Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote,mad with melody, rhythm--rifeFrom the very first to the final note,Give me his "Artist's Life!"It stirs my..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Art And Love

For many long uninterrupted yearsShe was the friend and confidant of Art;They walked together, heart communed with heartIn that sweet comradeship..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Art And Heart

Though critics may bow to art, and I am its own true lover,It is not art, but heart, which wins the wide world over.Though smooth be the heartless..

© Ella Wheeler Wilcox