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Poem “Listen!” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Poems of reflection

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American LiteratureAmerican PoetryElla Wheeler WilcoxPoems by Ella Wheeler WilcoxPoems of reflection
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Listen!


Whoever you are as you read this,
  Whatever your trouble or grief,
I want you to know and to heed this:
  The day draweth near with relief.

No sorrow, no woe is unending,
  Though heaven seems voiceless and dumb;
So sure as your cry is ascending,
  So surely an answer will come.

Whatever temptation is near you,
  Whose eyes on this simple verse fall;
Remember good angels will hear you
  And help you to stand, if you call.

Though stunned with despair I beseech you,
  Whatever your losses, your need,
Believe, when these printed words reach you
  Believe you were born to succeed.

You are stronger, I tell you, this minute,
  Than any unfortunate fate!
And the coveted prize–you can win it;
  While life lasts ’tis never too late!


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American LiteratureAmerican PoetryElla Wheeler WilcoxPoems by Ella Wheeler WilcoxPoems of reflection


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