Advice (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) 'T were a dull old world, me thinks, my friend, If we all just went one way; Yet our paths will meet no doubt at the end, Though they lead apart today... continue reading
Artist's Life (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) For it is so full of the dear old time-- So full of the dear friends I knew. continue reading
At an Old Drawer (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) Before this scarf was faded, What hours of mirth it knew; How gayly it paraded From smiling eyes to view. continue reading
Fleeing Away (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) My life is far from my dream of life-- Calmly contented, serenely glad; But, vexed and worried by daily strife... continue reading
Foes (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) All blinded by the crimson glow Of sin's disguise I tempted Fate. "I knew thy weakness!" sneered my foe, I saved myself, and balked his hate... continue reading
If (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) If we could dwell there, ever more alone, While unrecorded years slip by apace, Forgetting and forgotten and unknown By aught save native song-birds of the place... continue reading
In The Long Run (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) If we could dwell there, ever more alone, While unrecorded years slip by apace, Forgetting and forgotten and unknown By aught save native song-birds of the place... continue reading
It Might Have Been (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) We will do what we could do. Do not dream Chance leaves a hero, all uncrowned to grieve. continue reading
Life's Scars (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) Love does not grow on every tree, Nor true hearts yearly bloom... continue reading
Past, The (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) I fling the past behind me, like a robe Worn threadbare at the seams, and out of date. I have outgrown it. continue reading
