Poems Of Optimism by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Poems Of Optimism

WAR

Greater Britain #Poems Of Optimism
Our hearts were not set on fighting,
We did not pant for the fray,
And whatever wrongs need righting, … Continue Reading …

Belgium #Poems Of Optimism
Ruined? destroyed? Ah, no; though blood in rivers ran
Down all her ancient streets; though treasures manifold
Love-wrought, Time-mellowed, and beyond the price of gold … Continue Reading …

Knitting #Poems Of Optimism
At the concert and the play
Everywhere you see them sitting,
Knitting, knitting. … Continue Reading …

Mobilisation #Poems Of Optimism
Oh the Kings of earth have mobilised their men.
See them moving, valour proving,
To the fields of glory going, … Continue Reading …

Neutral #Poems Of Optimism
That pale word ‘Neutral’ sits becomingly
On lips of weaklings. But the men whose brains
Find fuel in their blood, the men whose minds … Continue Reading …

A book for the King #Poems Of Optimism
A book has been made for the King,
A book of beauty and art;
To the good king’s eyes … Continue Reading …

The men-made gods #Poems Of Optimism
Said the Kaiser’s god to the god of the Czar:
‘Hark, hark, how my people pray.
Their faith, methinks, is greater by far … Continue Reading …

The Ghosts #Poems Of Optimism
There was no wind, and yet the air
Seemed suddenly astir;
There were no forms, and yet all space … Continue Reading …

The poet’s theme #Poems Of Optimism
Why should the poet of these pregnant times
Be asked to sing of war’s unholy crimes? … Continue Reading …

Europe #Poems Of Optimism
Little lads and grandsires,
Women old with care;
But all the men are dying men … Continue Reading …

After #Poems Of Optimism
Over the din of battle,
Over the cannons’ rattle,
Over the strident voices of men and their dying groans, … Continue Reading …

The peace angel #Poems Of Optimism
Angel of Peace, the hounds of war,
Unleashed, are all abroad,
And war’s foul trade again is made … Continue Reading …

Peace should not come #Poems Of Optimism
Peace should not come along this foul, earth way.
Peace should not come, until we cleanse the path.
God waited for us; now in awful wrath … Continue Reading …

MISCELLANEOUS

The Winds of Fate #Poems Of Optimism
One ship drives east and another drives west,
With the self-same winds that blow,
’Tis the set of the sails … Continue Reading …

Beauty #Poems Of Optimism
The search for beauty is the search for God
Who is All Beauty. He who seeks shall find.
And all along the paths my feet have trod, … Continue Reading …

The invisible helpers #Poems Of Optimism
There are, there are
Invisible Great Helpers of the race.
Across unatlased continents of space, … Continue Reading …

To the women of Australia #Poems Of Optimism
A toast to the splendid daughters
Of the New World over the waters,
A world that is great as new; … Continue Reading …

Replies #Poems Of Optimism
ou have lived long and learned the secret of life, O Seer!
Tell me what are the best three things to seek—
The best three things for a man to seek on earth? … Continue Reading …

Earth bound #Poems Of Optimism
New paradise, and groom and bride;
The world was all their own;
Her heart swelled full of love and pride; … Continue Reading …

A successful man #Poems Of Optimism
There was a man who killed a loving maid
In some mad mood of passion; and he paid
The price, upon a scaffold. Now his name … Continue Reading …

Unsatisfied #Poems Of Optimism
The bird flies home to its young;
The flower folds its leaves about an opening bud;
And in my neighbour’s house there is the cry of a child. … Continue Reading …

Separation #Poems Of Optimism
One decade and a half since first we came
With hearts aflame
Into Love’s Paradise, as man and mate; … Continue Reading …

To the teachers of the young #Poems Of Optimism
How large thy task, O teacher of the young,
To take the ravelled threads by parents flung … Continue Reading …

Beauty making #Poems Of Optimism
Methinks there is no greater work in life
Than making beauty. Can the mind conceive
One little corner in celestial realms … Continue Reading …

On Avon’s breast I saw a stately swan #Poems Of Optimism
One day when England’s June was at its best,
I saw a stately and imperious swan
Floating on Avon’s fair untroubled breast. … Continue Reading …

The little go-cart #Poems Of Optimism
It was long, long ago that a soul like a flower
Unfolded, and blossomed, and passed in an hour.
It was long, long ago; and the memory seems … Continue Reading …

I am running forth to meet you #Poems Of Optimism
I am running forth to meet you, O my Master,
For they tell me you are surely on the way;
Yes, they tell me you are coming back again … Continue Reading …

Martyrs of peace #Poems Of Optimism
Fame writes ever its song and story,
For heroes of war, in letters of glory. … Continue Reading …

Home #Poems Of Optimism
The greatest words are always solitaires,
Set singly in one syllable; like birth,
Life, love, hope, peace. I sing the worth … Continue Reading …

The eternal now #Poems Of Optimism
Time with his back against the mighty wall,
Which hides from view all future joy and sorrow,
Hears, without answer, the impatient call … Continue Reading …

If I were a man, a young man #Poems Of Optimism
If I were a man, a young man, and knew what I know to-day,
I would look in the eyes of Life undaunted
By any Fate that might threaten me. … Continue Reading …

We must send them out to play #Poems Of Optimism
Now much there is need of doing must not be done in haste;
But slowly and with patience, as a jungle is changed to a town.
But listen, my brothers, listen; it is not always so: … Continue Reading …

Protest #Poems Of Optimism
To sit in silence when we should protest
Makes cowards out of men. The human race
Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised … Continue Reading …

Reward #Poems Of Optimism
Fate used me meanly; but I looked at her and laughed,
That none might know how bitter was the cup I quaffed. … Continue Reading …

This is my task #Poems Of Optimism
When the whole world resounds with rude alarms
Of warring arms,
When God’s good earth, from border unto border … Continue Reading …

The statue #Poems Of Optimism
A granite rock in the mountain side
Gazed on the world and was satisfied.
It watched the centuries come and go, … Continue Reading …

Behold the earth #Poems Of Optimism
Behold the earth swung in among the stars
Fit home for gods if men were only kind—
Do thou thy part to shape it to those ends, … Continue Reading …

What they saw #Poems Of Optimism
I saw the unloved and unhappy old, waiting for slow delinquent death to come.
Pale little children toiling for the rich, in rooms where sunlight is ashamed to go. … Continue Reading …

His last letter #Poems Of Optimism
Well, you are free;
The longed for, lied for, waited for decree
Is yours to-day. … Continue Reading …

A dialogue #Poems Of Optimism
Let us be friends. My life is sad and lonely,
While yours with love is beautiful and bright.
Be kind to me: I ask your friendship only. … Continue Reading …

A wish #Poems Of Optimism
Great dignity ever attends great grief,
And silently walks beside it;
And I always know when I see such woe … Continue Reading …

Justice #Poems Of Optimism
However inexplicable may seem
Event and circumstance upon the earth,
Though favours fall on those who none esteem, … Continue Reading …

An old song #Poems Of Optimism
A shabby old man with a music machine on the sordid city street;
But suddenly earth seemed Arcady, and life grew young and sweet. … Continue Reading …

Oh, poor, sick world #Poems Of Optimism
Lord of all the Universe, when I think of YOU,
Flinging stars out into space, moving suns and tides;
Then this little mortal mind gets the larger view, … Continue Reading …

Praise day #Poems Of Optimism
Let us halt now for a space in our hurrying;
Let us take time to look up and look out;
Let us refuse for a spell to be worrying; … Continue Reading …

Interlude #Poems Of Optimism
The days grow shorter, the nights grow longer;
The headstones thicken along the way;
And life grows sadder, but love grows stronger, … Continue Reading …

The land of the gone-away-souls #Poems Of Optimism
Oh! that is a beautiful land I wis,
The land of the Gone-Away Souls.
Yes, a lovelier region by far than this … Continue Reading …

The harp’s song #Poems Of Optimism
All day, all day in a calm like death
The harp hung waiting the sea wind’s breath. … Continue Reading …

The pendulum #Poems Of Optimism
Bound hand and foot in the pit I lie,
And the wall about me is strong and high;
Stronger and higher it grows each day, … Continue Reading …

An old-fashioned type #Poems Of Optimism
For ‘Mabel Brown’ I never cared
(My rightful name by birth),
But when the name of Smith I shared, … Continue Reading …

The sword #Poems Of Optimism
Amidst applauding cheers I won a prize.
A cynic watched me, with ironic eyes;
An open foe, in open hatred, sneered; … Continue Reading …

Love and the seasons #Poems Of Optimism
A sudden softness in the wind;
A glint of song, a-wing;
A fragrant sound that trails behind, … Continue Reading …

A naughty little comet #Poems Of Optimism
There was once a little comet who lived near the Milky Way!
She loved to wander out at night and jump about and play.
The mother of the comet was a very good old star— … Continue Reading …

The last dance #Poems Of Optimism
The wave of the ocean, the leaf of the wood,
In the rhythm of motion proclaim life is good.
The stars are all swinging to metres and rhyme, … Continue Reading …

A vagabond mind #Poems Of Optimism
Since early this morning the world has seemed surging
With unworded rhythm, and rhyme without thought.
It may be the Muses take this way of urging … Continue Reading …

My flower room #Poems Of Optimism
My Flower Room is such a little place,
Scarce twenty feet by nine; yet in that space
I have met God; yea, many a radiant hour … Continue Reading …

My faith #Poems Of Optimism
My faith is rooted in no written creed;
And there are those who call me heretic;
Yet year on year, though I be well or sick … Continue Reading …

Arrow and bow #Poems Of Optimism
It is easy to stand in the pulpit, or in the closet to kneel,
And say: ‘God do this; God do that!—
Make the world better; relieve the sorrows of man; for the sake of Thy Son, … Continue Reading …

If we should meet him #Poems Of Optimism
Now what were the words of Jesus,
And what would He pause and say,
If we were to meet in home or street … Continue Reading …

Faith #Poems Of Optimism
Let a valiant Faith cross swords with Death,
And Death is certain to fall;
For the dead arise with joy in their eyes— … Continue Reading …

The secret of prayer #Poems Of Optimism
This is the secret of all prayers
That in God’s sight have worth,
They must be uttered from the stairs … Continue Reading …

The answer #Poems Of Optimism
Up to the gates of gleaming Pearl,
There came the spirit of a girl,
And to the white-robed Guard she said: … Continue Reading …

A vision #Poems Of Optimism
My soul beheld a vision of the Master:
Methought He stood with grieved and questioning eyes,
Where Freedom drove its chariot to disaster … Continue Reading …

The second coming #Poems Of Optimism
How will Christ come back again,
How will He be seen, and where,
Where His chosen way? … Continue Reading …

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