Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels

The Land Between # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Between the little Here and larger Yonder,
There is a realm (or so one day I read)
Where faithful spirits love-enchained may wander, … Continue Reading …

Love’s Mirage # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Midway upon the route, he paused athirst
And suddenly across the wastes of heat,
He saw cool waters gleaming, and a sweet … Continue Reading …

The Need of the World # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I know the need of the world,
Though it would not have me know.
It would hide its sorrow deep, … Continue Reading …

The Gulf Stream # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Skilled mariner, and counted sane and wise,
That was a curious thing which chanced to me,
So good a sailor on so fair a sea. … Continue Reading …

Remembered # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
His art was loving; Eres set his sign
Upon that youthful forehead, and he drew
The hearts of women, as the sun draws dew. … Continue Reading …

Helen of Troy # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
The world an abject vassal to her charms,
And kings competing for a single smile,
Yet love she knew not, till upon this isle … Continue Reading …

Lais when Young # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Lais when young, and all her charms in flower,
Lais, whose beauty was the fateful light
That led great ships to anchor in the night … Continue Reading …

Lais when Old # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Lais, when old and all her beauty gone,
Lais, the erstwhile courted pleasure queen,
Walked homeless through Corinth. … Continue Reading …

Existence # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
You are here, and you are wanted,
Though a waif upon life’s stair;
Though the sunlit hours are haunted … Continue Reading …

Holiday Songs # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Sailing away on a summer sea,
Out of the bleak March weather;
Drifting away for a loaf and play, … Continue Reading …

Astrolabius # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I wrenched from a passing comet in its flight,
By that great force of two mad hearts aflame,
A soul incarnate, back to earth you came, … Continue Reading …

Completion # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When I shall meet God’s generous dispensers
Of all the riches in the heavenly store,
Those lesser gods, who act as Recompensers … Continue Reading …

Sleep’s Treachery # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
As the grey twilight, tiptoed down the deep
And shadowy valley, to the day’s dark end,
She whom I thought my ever-faithful friend, … Continue Reading …

Art versus Cupid # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Now have I fully fixed upon my part.
Good-bye to dreams; for me a life of art!
Beloved art! Oh, realm serene and fair, … Continue Reading …

The Revolt of Vashti # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Is this the way to greet thy loving spouse,
But now returned from scenes of blood and strife?
I pray thee raise thy veil and let me gaze … Continue Reading …

The Choosing of Esther # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
… So thou art Esther? Esther! ’tis a name
Breathed into sound as softly as a sigh.
A woman’s name should melt upon the lips … Continue Reading …

Honeymoon Scene # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
What were thy thoughts, sweet Esther? Something passed
Across thy face, that for a moment veiled
Thy soul from mine, and left me desolate. … Continue Reading …

The Cost # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
God finished woman in the twilight hour
And said, ‘To-morrow thou shalt find thy place:
Man’s complement, the mother of the race— … Continue Reading …

The Voice # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I dreamed a Voice, of one God-authorised,
Cried loudly thro’ the world, ‘Disarm! Disarm!’
And there was consternation in the camps; … Continue Reading …

God’s Answer # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Once in a time of trouble and of care
I dreamed I talked with God about my pain;
With sleepland courage, daring to complain … Continue Reading …

The Edict of the Sex # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Two thousand years had passed since Christ was born,
When suddenly there rose a mighty host
Of women, sweeping to a central goal … Continue Reading …

The World-child # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
At times I am the mother of the world;
And mine seem all its sorrows, and its fears.
That rose, which in each mother-heart is curled, … Continue Reading …

The Heights # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I cried, ‘Dear Angel, lead me to the heights,
And spur me to the top.’
The Angel answered, ‘Stop … Continue Reading …

On seeing ‘The House of Julia’ at Herculaneum # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Not great Vesuvius, in all his ire,
Nor all the centuries, could hide your shame.
There is the little window where you came, … Continue Reading …

A Prayer # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Master of sweet and loving lore,
Give us the open mind
To know religion means no more, … Continue Reading …

What is Right Living? # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
What is right living? Just to do your best
When worst seems easier. To bear the ills
Of daily life with patient cheerfulness … Continue Reading …

Justice # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
However inexplicable may seem
Event and circumstance upon this earth,
Though favours fall on those whom none esteem, … Continue Reading …

Time’s Gaze # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Time looked me in the eyes while passing by
The milestone of the year. That piercing gaze
Was both an accusation and reproach. … Continue Reading …

The Worker and the Work # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
In what I do I note the marring flaw,
The imperfections of the work I see;
Nor am I one who rather do than be, … Continue Reading …

Art thou Alive? # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Art thou alive? Nay, not too soon reply,
Tho’ hand, and foot, and lip, and ear, and eye,
Respond, and do thy bidding yet may be … Continue Reading …

To-day # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I love this age of energy and force,
Expectantly I greet each pregnant hour;
Emerging from the all-creative source, … Continue Reading …

The Ladder # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Unto each mortal who comes to earth
A ladder is given by God, at birth,
And up this ladder the soul must go, … Continue Reading …

Who is a Christian? # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Who is a Christian in this Christian land
Of many churches and of lofty spires?
Not he who sits in soft upholstered pews … Continue Reading …

The Goal # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
All your wonderful inventions,
All your houses vast and tall,
All your great gun-fronted vessels, … Continue Reading …

The Spur # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I asked the rock beside the road what joy existence lent.
It answered, ‘For a million years my heart has been content.’ … Continue Reading …

Awakened! # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Slowly the People waken; they have been,
Like weary soldiers, sleeping in their tents,
While traitors tiptoed through the silent camp … Continue Reading …

Shadows # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I am sorry in the gladness
Of the joys that crown my days,
For the souls that sit in sadness … Continue Reading …

The New Commandment # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I heard a strange voice in the distance calling
As from a star an echo might be falling. … Continue Reading …

Summer Dreams # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When the Summer sun is shining,
And the green things push and grow,
Oft my heart runs over measure, … Continue Reading …

The Breaking of Chains # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Between the ringing of bells and the musical clang of chimes
I hear a sound like the breaking of chains, all through these Christmas times. … Continue Reading …

December # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Upon December’s windy portico
The Old Year stood, and looked out where the sun
Went wading down the West, through drifting clouds. … Continue Reading …

The Way # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
However certain of the way thou art,
Take not the self-appointed leader’s part.
Follow no man, and by no man be led, … Continue Reading …

The Leader to be # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
What shall the leader be in that great day
When we who sleep and dream that we are slaves
Shall wake and know that Liberty is ours? … Continue Reading …

The Greater Love # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Hear thou my prayer, great God of opulence;
Give me no blessings, save as recompense
For blessings which I lovingly bestow … Continue Reading …

Thank God for Life # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Thank God for life, in such an age as this,
Rich with the promises of better things.
Thank God for being part of this great nation’s heart, … Continue Reading …

Time Enough # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I know it is early morning,
And hope is calling aloud,
And your heart is afire with Youth’s desire … Continue Reading …

New Year’s Day # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When with clanging and with ringing
Comes the year’s initial day,
I can feel the rhythmic swinging … Continue Reading …

Life is a Privilege # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Life is a privilege. Its youthful days
Shine with the radiance of continuous Mays.
To live, to breathe, to wonder and desire, … Continue Reading …

In an Old Art Gallery # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Before the statue of a giant Hun,
There stood a dwarf, misshapen and uncouth.
His lifted eyes seemed asking: ‘Why, in sooth, … Continue Reading …

True Brotherhood # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
God, what a world, if men in street and mart
Felt that same kinship of the human heart … Continue Reading …

The Decadent # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Among the virile hosts he passed along,
Conspicuous for an undetermined grace
Of sexless beauty. In his form and face … Continue Reading …

Lord, speak again # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When God had formed the Universe, He thought
Of all the marvels therein to be wrought
And to His aid then Motherhood was brought. … Continue Reading …

My Heaven # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Unhoused in deserts of accepted thought,
And lost in jungles of confusing creeds,
My soul strayed, homeless, finding its own needs … Continue Reading …

Life # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
On a bleak, bald hill with a dull world under,
The dreary world of the Commonplace,
I have stood when the whole world seemed a blunder … Continue Reading …

God’s Kin # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
There is no summit you may not attain,
No purpose which you may not yet achieve,
If you will wait serenely and believe … Continue Reading …

Conquest # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Talk not of strength, until your heart has known
And fought with weakness through long hours alone. … Continue Reading …

The Statue # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
A granite rock in the mountain side
Gazed on the world and was satisfied.
It watched the centuries come and go. … Continue Reading …

Sirius # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Since Sirius crossed the Milky Way
Full sixty thousand years have gone,
Yet hour by hour, and day by day, … Continue Reading …

At Fontainebleau # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
At Fontainebleau, I saw a little bed
Fashioned of polished wood, with gold ornate,
Ambition, hope, and sorrow, ay, and hate … Continue Reading …

The Masquerade # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Look in the eyes of trouble with a smile,
Extend your hand and do not be afraid.
’Tis but a friend who comes to masquerade. … Continue Reading …

Sympathy # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Is the way hard and thorny, oh, my brother?
Do tempests beat, and adverse wild winds blow?
And are you spent, and broken, at each nightfall, … Continue Reading …

Intermediary # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When from the prison of its body free,
My soul shall soar, before it goes to Thee,
Thou great Creator, give it power to know … Continue Reading …

Life’s Car # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
‘Hurry up!’
No lingering by old doors of doubt—
No loitering by the way, … Continue Reading …

Opportunity # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Send forth your heart’s desire, and work and wait;
The opportunities of life are brought … Continue Reading …

The Age of Motored Things # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
The wonderful age of the world I sing—
The age of battery, coil and spring,
Of steam, and storage, and motored thing. … Continue Reading …

New Year # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
‘The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;
Who is it knocking at my door?’ … Continue Reading …

Disarmament # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
We have outgrown the helmet and cuirass,
The spear, the arrow, and the javelin.
These crude inventions of a cruder age, … Continue Reading …

The Call # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
All wantonly in hours of joy,
I made a song of pain.
Soon Grief drew near, and paused to hear, … Continue Reading …

A Little Song # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Oh, a great world, a fair world, a true world I find it;
A sun that never forgets to rise,
On the darkest night, a star in the skies, … Continue Reading …

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A Dialogue # of Progress and New Thought Pastels #Poems Of Optimism
The world is full of selfishness and greed.
Lord, I would lave its sin. … Continue Reading …

The Weed # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
A weed is but an unloved flower!
Go dig, and prune, and guide, and wait,
Until it learns its high estate, … Continue Reading …

Strength # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Who is the strong? Not he who puts to test
His sinews with the strong and proves the best;
But he who dwells where weaklings congregate, … Continue Reading …

Affirm # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Body and mind, and spirit, all combine
To make the Creature, human and divine. … Continue Reading …

The Chosen # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
They stood before the Angel at the gate;
The Angel asked: ‘Why should you enter in?’
One said: ‘On earth my place was high and great;’ … Continue Reading …

The Nameless # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Unnumbered gods may unremembered die;
A thousand creeds may perish and pass by;
Yet do I lift mine eyes to ONE on high. … Continue Reading …

The Word # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Oh, a word is a gem, or a stone, or a song,
Or a flame, or a two-edged sword;
Or a rose in bloom, or a sweet perfume, … Continue Reading …

Assistance # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Lean on no mortal, Love, and serve;
(For service is love’s complement)
But it was never God’s intent, … Continue Reading …

Credulity # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
If fallacies come knocking at my door,
I’d rather feed, and shelter full a score,
Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt, … Continue Reading …

Consciousness # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
God, what a glory, is this consciousness,
Of life on life, that comes to those who seek!
Nor would I, if I might, to others speak, … Continue Reading …

The Structure # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Upon the wreckage of thy yesterday
Design the structure of to-morrow. Lay
Strong corner stones of purpose, and prepare … Continue Reading …

Our Souls # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Our souls should be vessels receiving
The waters of love for relieving
The sorrows of men. … Continue Reading …

The Law # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
When the great universe was wrought
To might and majesty from naught,
The all creative force was— … Continue Reading …

Knowledge # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Would you believe in Presences Unseen—
In life beyond this earthly life?
BE STILL: Be stiller yet; and listen. Set the screen … Continue Reading …

Give # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Give, and thou shalt receive. Give thoughts of cheer,
Of courage and success, to friend and stranger.
And from a thousand sources, far and near, … Continue Reading …

Perfection # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
The leaf that ripens only in the sun
Is dull and shrivelled ere its race is run.
The leaf that makes a carnival of death … Continue Reading …

Fear # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Fear is the twin of Faith’s sworn foe, Distrust.
If one breaks in your heart the other must. … Continue Reading …

The Way # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Between the finite and the infinite
The missing link of Love has left a void.
Supply the link, and earth with Heaven will join … Continue Reading …

Understood # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
I value more than I despise
My tendency to sin,
Because it helps me sympathise … Continue Reading …

His Mansion # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
There was a thought he hid from all men’s eyes,
And by his prudent life and deeds of worth
He left a goodly record upon earth … Continue Reading …

Effect # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
An unkind tale was whispered in his ear.
He paused to hear.
His thoughts were food that helped a falsehood thrive, … Continue Reading …

Three Things # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Know this, ye restless denizens of earth,
Know this, ye seekers after joy and mirth,
Three things there are, eternal in their worth. … Continue Reading …

Obstacles # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
There are no lions in the street;
No lions in the way.
Go seek the goal, thou slothful soul, … Continue Reading …

Prayer # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried;
Then ask God’s help; it will not be denied. … Continue Reading …

Climbing # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.
The winding road slants downward many a time;
Yet each descent is higher than the last. … Continue Reading …

There is no Death, There are no Dead # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
‘There is no death, there are no dead.’
From zone to zone, from sphere to sphere,
The souls of all who pass from here … Continue Reading …

Realisation # of Progress and New Thought Pastels
Hers was a lonely, shadowed lot;
Or so the unperceiving thought,
Who looked no deeper than her face, … Continue Reading …

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