Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) by Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COPYRIGHT NOTE The Life and Poetry of Ella Wheeler Wilcox BRIEF INTRODUCTION: ELLA WHEELER WILCOX The Poetry Collections DROPS OF WATER

CONTENTS DON’T DRINK. A GLASS OF WINE. WILD OATS. A SIGN-BOARD. THE TWO SHIPS. MASTER AND SERVANT THE BLACK CHARGER WHERE IS THY BROTHER? A MOTHERS WAIL. WHAT HAD HE DONE? WHAT I HAVE SEEN. NUMBER I. WHAT I HAVE SEEN. NUMBER II. WHAT I HAVE SEEN. NUMBER III. WHAT I HAVE SEEN. NUMBER IV. WHAT I HAVE SEEN. NUMBER V. ALCOHOL’S REQUIEM UPON PROF. P. F. K., A GIFTED MAX, WHO DIED A VICTIM TO STRONG DRINK. PH. BEST & CO.’S LAGER-BEER. THE MOTHERS PRAYER. OUT OF THE DEPTHS. WORDS FROM THE WIND. A TUMBLER OF CLARET WHAT WE WANT THE TWO ARMIES. IS IT WELL? ORIGIN OF THE LIQUOR DEALER, IN THE NIGHT THE DIRGE OF THE WINDS. ONE WAS TAKEN, AND ONE WAS LEFT.” WERE I MAN GROWN. THE TEMPERANCE ARMY. OLDER THAN YOU. ONE WOMANS MEMORY. IN MEMORIAM. HAUNTED. SLAIN. ARISE. GOOD TEMPLARS’ SONG. BREAKERS. DON’T TEASE THE LION GIVE US A CALL! IS IT BEST? NEW YEAR. WORK FOR WOMAN. THERE’S WORK TO BE DONE. THE LODGE-ROOM. THEORY AND PRACTICE. NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY ODE. WHERE ARE THE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE? THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE. IF I WERE SENT. GOD’S WORK. THE BREWERS DOG. THANKSGIVING. IN THE CUP. GREETING POEM

SHELLS

CONTENTS PREFACE OUR LIVES. THE MESSENGER. IDLE. YE AGENTS. WARNED. LIFE. STARS. FADING. HAUNTED. GHOSTS. TIM’S STORY. MEMORY’S GARDEN. MYSTERIES. WHAT THE WINDS TOLD ME. SOMETIMES. BLIND SORROW. BE NOT WEARY. TO THOSE WHO NEVER FRAY. HUNG. COMPASSION. FAME. HER MOTHERS BEAUTIFUL EYES. OLD TIMES. THIS WORLD. GOING AWAY. GOOD BYE. JAMIE. A MOTHERS REVERIE. THE TWO GLASSES. TWILIGHT THOUGHTS. ONLY A KISS. WHEN I AM DEAD. DOΝ’T TALK WHEN YOU’VE NOTHING TO SAY THE FROST FAIRY. FLORABELLE. THE DOOMED CITY’S PRAYER. ONE WOMANS PLEA. DECORATION POEM. A BABY IN THE HOUSE. POEM. AFTER THE BATTLES ARE OVER THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE. DREAM-TIME LINES WRITTEN UPON THE DEATH OF JAMES BUELL. UNDER THE WILLOW. DOUBTING. AT SUNSET A TWILIGHT THOUGHT TRUE WARRIORS. ONE OF THESE. A FANCY. TIRED. NEVER. TRUE LOVE. HIS SONG. WHEN YOU GO AWAY. BLEAK WEATHER. THE TALE THE ROBIN TOLD. A MEMORY. WAITING. DRIFTING APART. ONCE MORE TOGETHER. ONCE IN A WHILE. BEAUTY. A PLEA FOR FAME. SOME WHERE. OUR ANGEL. A SUMMER IDYL. THE MUSICIANS. IN VAIN BABY EVA. I SHALL NOT FORGET THE OLD AND THE NEW. DECORATION POEM. AT SET OF SUM LOVE SONG. DISPLAY AT THE WINDOW. HOW. BY AND BY KING AND SIREN AFTER? IF YOU HAD BEEN TRUE. AFLOAT. ROSES AND LILIES. IN HEAVEN WITH YOU. THOU DOST NOT KNOW. A GOLDEN YEAR. FORESHAD O WED. FORTUNES WHEEL. SEARCHING. DAFT. TRUST. THE COMMON LINK. BURIED TO-DAY. WHEN I DIE. THE UNSEEN THORN FATHER AND CHILD. UNDER THE MOON. SINGERS. TAKE MY HAND. DISINTERRED. A LAWYERS ROMANCE. A SUMMER DAY. SONG AND MAID. ASLEEP. TWO COUNTS. THE WATCHER. LIFE AND DEATH. AN AUTUMN REVERIE. TWO LIVES. IN MEMORIUM. MY LOVE. THE FROST FAIRY. THE SUMMONS. THREE YEARS OLD. THE DIFFERENCE. LOVES EXTRAVAGANCE. YOU WILL FORGET ME.

MAURINE AND OTHER POEMS

CONTENTS MAURINE. PART I MAURINE. PART II MAURINE. PART III MAURINE. PART IV HER LOVE. MAURINE. PART V MAURINE. PART VI MAURINE. PART VII ALL ROADS THAT LEAD TO GOD ARE GOOD DUST-SEALED ADVICE OVER THE BANISTERS THE PAST SECRETS APPLAUSE THE STORY LEAN DOWN LIFE THE CHRISTIAN’S NEW YEAR PRAYER IN THE NIGHT GOD’S MEASURE A MARCH SNOW PHILOSOPHY CARLOS THE TWO GLASSES LA MORT D’AMOUR LOVE’S SLEEP (VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ) TRUE CULTURE THE VOLUPTUARY THE COQUETTE IF LOVE’S BURIAL LIPPO LOVE IS ENOUGH LIFE IS LOVE

POEMS OF PASSION

CONTENTS THE POET’S SONG PREFACE LOVE’S LANGUAGE. IMPATIENCE. COMMUNISM. THE COMMON LOT. INDIVIDUALITY. FRIENDSHIP AFTER LOVE. LOVE TRIUMPANT QUERIES. UPON THE SAND. REUNITED. WHAT SHALL WE DO? THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE. ANSWERED. THROUGH THE VALLEY. BUT ONE. GUILO. THE DUET. LITTLE QUEEN. WHEREFORE? DELILAH. LOVE SONG. TIME AND LOVE. CHANGE. DESOLATION. ISAURA. THE COQUETTE. NEW AND OLD. NOT QUITE THE SAME. FROM THE GRAVE. A WALTZ-QUADRILLE. BEPPO. TIRED. THE SPEECH OF SILENCE. CONVERSION. LOVE’S COMING. OLD AND NEW. PERFECTNESS. ATTRACTION. GRACIA. AD FINEM. BLEAK WEATHER. AN ANSWER. YOU WILL FORGET ME. THE FAREWELL OF CLARIMONDE. THE TRIO. THE LOST GARDEN. ART AND HEART. MOCKERY. AS BY FIRE. IF I SHOULD DIE. MÉSALLIANCE. RESPONSE. DROUTH. THE CREED. PROGRESS. MY FRIEND. CREATION. RED CARNATIONS. LIFE IS TOO SHORT. A SCULPTOR. BEYOND. THE SADDEST HOUR. SHOW ME THE WAY. MY HERITAGE. RESOLVE. AT ELEUSIS. COURAGE. SOLITUDE. THE YEAR OUTGROWS THE SPRING. THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD. THE TIGER. ONLY A SIMPLE RHYME. I WILL BE WORTHY OF IT. SONNET. REGRET. LET ME LEAN HARD. PENALTY. SUNSET. THE WHEEL OF THE BREAST. A MEETING. EARNESTNESS. A PICTURE. TWIN-BORN. FLOODS. A FABLE.

POEMS OF PLEASURE

CONTENTS SURRENDER. THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL. THE DIFFERENCE. TWO LOVES THE WAY OF IT. ANGEL OR DEMON. DAWN. PEACE AND LOVE. THE INSTRUCTOR. BLASÉ. THE SEA-BREEZE AND THE SCARF. THREE AND ONE. INBORN. TWO PRAYERS. SLEEP AND DEATH. ABSENCE. LOVE MUCH. ONE OF US TWO. HER REVERIE. TWO SINNERS. WHAT LOVE IS. CONSTANCY. PHILOSOPHICAL RESOLVE. OPTIMISM. PAIN’S PROOF. IMMORTALITY. ANSWERED PRAYERS. THE LADY OF TEARS. THE MASTER HAND. SECRET THOUGHTS. THERE COMES A TIME. THE WORLD. NECESSITY. ACHIEVEMENT. BELIEF. WHATEVER IS - IS BEST. PEACE AT THE GOAL. THE LAW. RECOMPENSE. DESIRE. DEATHLESS. KEEP OUT OF THE PAST. THE FAULT OF THE AGE. DISTRUST. ARTIST AND MAN. MISCELLANEOUS. BABYLAND. A FACE. AN OLD COMRADE. ENTRE-ACTE REVERIES. A PLEA. THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERS. THE MOTHER-IN-LAW. AN OLD FAN. NO CLASSES! A GRAY MOOD. AT AN OLD DRAWER. THE OLD STAGE QUEEN. FAITH. THE TRUE KNIGHT. THE CITY. WOMAN. THE SOUL’S FAREWELL TO THE BODY THIMBLE ISLANDS. MY GRAVE. REFUTED. THE LOST LAND. THE SOUTH. A SAILOR’S WIFE. LIFE’S JOURNEY. THE DISAPPOINTED. FISHING. A PIN. THE ACTOR. ILLOGICAL. NEW YEAR. NEW YEAR. NOW.

KINGDOM OF LOVE AND OTHER RECITATIONS

CONTENTS THE KINGDOM OF LOVE MEG’S CURSE SOLITUDE THE GOSSIPS PLATONIC GRANDPA’S CHRISTMAS AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT A HOLIDAY FALSE TWO SINNERS THE PHANTOM BALL WORDS AND THOUGHTS WANTED - A LITTLE GIRL THE SUICIDE NOW I LAY ME THE MESSENGER A SERVIAN LEGEND PEEK-A-BOO THE FALLING OF THRONES HER LAST LETTER THE PRINCESS’S FINGER-NAIL: A TALE OF NONSENSE LAND A BABY IN THE HOUSE THE FOOLISH ELM ROBIN’S MISTAKE NEW YEAR RESOLVE WHAT WE WANT BREAKING THE DAY IN TWO THE RAPE OF THE MIST THE TWO GLASSES THE MANIAC WHAT IS FLIRTATION? HUSBAND AND WIFE HOW DOES LOVE SPEAK? REINCARNATION AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE HOW SALVATOR WON THE WATCHER HOW WILL IT BE? MEMORY’S RIVER LOVE’S WAY A MAN’S LAST LOVE THE LADY AND THE DAME CONFESSION A MARRIED COQUETTE FORBIDDEN SPEECH THE SUMMER GIRL THE GHOST THE SIGNBOARD A MAN’S REPENTANCE ARISTARCHUS (THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE MOON) DELL AND I ABOUT MAY VANITY FAIR THE GIDDY GIRL A GIRL’S AUTUMN REVERIE HIS YOUTH UNDER THE SHEET A PIN THE COMING MAN

BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD

CONTENTS THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD BABYLAND THAT’S THE WAY BABY’S FIRST JOURNEY BREAKING THE DAY IN TWO WHY THE DAISIES ARE NOT ALL WHITE THE POOR LITTLE TOE A NAUGHTY LITTLE COMET THE AH GOO TONGUE A FISHERMAN’S BABY WHAT UNCLE ROB SAYS DOROTHY D. THE DISCONTENTED MANICURE SCISSORS DREAM TOWN THE WAY TO WONDERLAND SHOVEL AND TONGS INTO THE WORLD TWO BOYS AND A CIGARETTE IN GRANDMAMMA’S KITCHEN THE HEN’S COMPLAINT THE PRINCESS’ FINGER-NAIL FIVE LITTLE FINGERS FIVE LITTLE TOES IN THE MORNING FIVE LITTLE TOES AT NIGHT THE KING OF CANDYLAND I TOLD YOU SO ABOUT MAY BEDLAM TOWN THE LAND OF NOWHERE THE STORY OF GRUMBLE TONE THE ISLAND OF ENDLESS PLAY THE NEEDLE AND THREAD THE BARBAROUS CHIEF BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ THANKSGIVING OF 1892 MOTHER’S KISSES SOCIAL INEQUALITY THE OGRE SLAM-THE-DOOR CURIOUS STORY

THE SONG OF THE SANDWICH

CUSTER, AND OTHER POEMS

CONTENTS PREFACE. The World’s Need High Noon Transformation Thought-Magnets Smiles The Undiscovered Country The Universal Route Earthly Pride Unanswered Prayers Thanksgiving A Maiden To Her Mirror The Kettle Contrasts Thy Ship The Tryst A Marine Etching The Duel Love Thyself Last Christmas Fancies The River Sorry The Old Wooden Cradle Ambition’s Trail The Traveled Man Uncontrolled The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square Will To An Astrologer The Tendril’s Faith The Times The Question Sorrow’s Uses Which Are You? The Creed To Be Music In The Flat Inspiration The Wish Three Friends You Never Can Tell Here And Now Unconquered All That Love Asks Does It Pay Sestina The Optimist The Pessimist The Hammock’s Complaint Life’s Harmonies Preaching vs. Practice An Old Man To His Sleeping Young Bride I Am Two Nights Preparation CUSTER. BOOK FIRST. CUSTER. BOOK SECOND. CUSTER. BOOK THIRD.

THREE WOMEN

CONTENTS THREE WOMEN SONGS FROM THE TURRET.

POEMS OF POWER

CONTENTS NOTE THE QUEEN’S LAST RIDE THE MEETING OF THE CENTURIES DEATH HAS CROWNED HIM A MARTYR GRIEF ILLUSION ASSERTION I AM WISHING WE TWO THE POET’S THEME SONG OF THE SPIRIT WOMANHOOD MORNING PRAYER THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE THE WORLD GROWS BETTER A MAN’S IDEAL THE FIRE BRIGADE THE TIDES WHEN THE REGIMENT CAME BACK WOMAN TO MAN THE TRAVELLER THE EARTH NOW YOU AND TO-DAY THE REASON MISSION REPETITION BEGIN THE DAY WORDS FATE AND I ATTAINMENT A PLEA TO PEACE PRESUMPTION HIGH NOON THOUGHT-MAGNETS SMILES THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY THE UNIVERSAL ROUTE UNANSWERED PRAYERS THANKSGIVING CONTRASTS THY SHIP LIFE A MARINE ETCHING LOVE THYSELF LAST CHRISTMAS FANCIES THE RIVER SORRY AMBITION’S TRAIL UNCONTROLLED WILL TO AN ASTROLOGER THE TENDRIL’S FATE THE TIMES THE QUESTION SORROW’S USES IF WHICH ARE YOU? THE CREED TO BE INSPIRATION THE WISH THREE FRIENDS YOU NEVER CAN TELL HERE AND NOW UNCONQUERED ALL THAT LOVE ASKS DOES IT PAY? SESTINA THE OPTIMIST THE PESSIMIST AN INSPIRATION LIFE’S HARMONIES PREPARATION GETHSEMANE GOD’S MEASURE NOBLESSE OBLIGE THROUGH TEARS WHAT WE NEED PLEA TO SCIENCE RESPITE SONG MY SHIPS HER LOVE IF LOVE’S BURIAL LOVE IS ENOUGH LIFE IS A PRIVILEGE INSIGHT A WOMAN’S ANSWER THE WORLD’S NEED

AROUND THE YEAR WITH ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

CONTENTS Around the year, through storm and shine January February March April May June July August September October November December

POEMS OF SENTIMENT

CONTENTS DOUBLE CARNATIONS NEVER MIND TWO WOMEN IT ALL WILL COME OUT RIGHT A WARNING SHRINES THE WATCHER SWIMMING SONG THE LAW LOVE, TIME, AND WILL THE TWO AGES COULEUR DE ROSE LAST LOVE LIFE’S TRACK AN ODE TO TIME REGRET AND REMORSE EASTER MORN BLIND THE YELLOW-COVERED ALMANAC THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE REALISATION SUCCESS THE LADY AND THE DAME HEAVEN AND HELL LOVE’S SUPREMACY THE ETERNAL WILL INSIGHT A WOMAN’S LOVE THE PÆAN OF PEACE HAS BEEN DUTY’S PATH MARCH THE END OF THE SUMMER SUN SHADOWS HE THAT LOOKETH AN ERRING WOMAN’S LOVE A SONG OF REPUBLICS MEMORIAL DAY - 1892 WHEN BABY SOULS SAIL OUT TO ANOTHER WOMAN’S BABY DIAMONDS RUBIES SAPPHIRES TURQUOISE REFORM A MINOR CHORD DEATH’S PROTEST SEPTEMBER WAIL OF AN OLD-TIMER WAS, IS, AND YET-TO-BE MISTAKES DUAL THE ALL-CREATIVE SPARK BE NOT CONTENT ACTION TWO ROSES SATIETY A SOLAR ECLIPSE A SUGGESTION To C. A. D. THE DEPTHS LIFE’S OPERA THE SALT SEA-WIND NEW YEAR CONCENTRATION THOUGHTS LUCK

POEMS OF LOVE

CONTENTS SWEET DANGER A FATAL IMPRESS LOVE I WILL BE TRUE THE FAREWELL THE KINGDOM OF LOVE LOVE WILL WANE THREE-FOLD A MAIDEN’S SECRET LINES FROM MAURINE ART AND LOVE ONE WOMAN’S HISTORY WHY THE SPRING IS LATE RIVER AND SEA LOVE IN THE GARDEN WHEN YOU GO AWAY. LINES ON H- ‘S FOOT. A BABY IN THE HOUSE. RESIGNED. IN FAITH. I TOLD YOU. LOST. ONLY A SAD MISTAKE. SONG OF THE WHEELMAN. THE OLD MOON IN THE NEW MOON’S ARMS. THE SOUL’S FAREWELL TO THE BODY. LONG AGO. TAKE MY HAND. THE WILD BLUE-BELLS. A WAIF. A FACE AT THE WINDOW. SEARCHING. OUR BLESSINGS. GOING AWAY. BE NOT WEARY. GROWING OLD. THE SUMMONS. CONVERSION. ONE WOMAN’S PLEA. IF. A PLEA FOR FAME. A MOTHER’S WAIL. THE SAME OLD STRAIN. LIMITLESS. DENIED. WARNED. RICH AND POOR. OVER THE ALLEY. AT THE WINDOW. ONLY A KISS. MY SHIP. FINIS. LINES. OVER THE WATER. FLOWERS FOR THE BRAVE. THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE. AN ARMY REUNION. THE CAMP FIRE. INDEPENDENCE ODE.

POEMS OF REFLECTION

CONTENTS BOHEMIA. PENALTY. LINES FROM MAURINE WHEN. ONLY DREAMS. IN THE NIGHT. CONTENTMENT. MOTHER’S LOSS. THE WOMEN. LEAN DOWN AND LIFT ME HIGHER. A TRIBUTE TO VINNIE REAM. THE LITTLE BIRD. VAMPIRES. DYING. THE KING AND SIREN. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. WHATEVER IS - IS BEST. TRANSPLANTED. WORLDLY WISDOM. NEW ORLEANS, 1885. THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERS. MY COMRADE. AT AN OLD DRAWER. SO LONG IN COMING. LAY IT AWAY. PERISHED. THE BELLE’S SOLILOQUY. MY VISION. DREAM-TIME. SING TO ME. SUMMER SONG. A TWILIGHT THOUGHT. THE BELLE OF THE SEASON. JOY. BIRD OF HOPE. A GOLDEN DAY. FADING. ALL THE WORLD. LINES. A FRAGMENT. THE CHANGE. OLD. THE MUSICIANS. THE DOOMED CITY’S PRAYER. DAFT. HUNG. WHEN I AM DEAD. IN MEMORY OF MISS JENNY BLANCHARD. IN MEMORY OF J. B. BIRD OF HOPE. GHOSTS. OUT OF THE DEPTHS. MISTAKES. PRESUMPTION. TWILIGHT THOUGHTS. LISTEN! SONG OF THE SPIRIT. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. LINES WRITTEN UPON THE DEATH OF JAMES BUELL. SEARCHING. FADING. A DREAM. IDLER’S SONG. FOR HIM WHO BEST SHALL UNDERSTAND IT. DYING. THANKSGIVING. OUR ANGEL. UNTIL THE NIGHT. A TRIBUTE. IN MEMORY OF CHARLIE SPAULDING.

NEW THOUGHT PASTELS

CONTENTS A Dialogue. The Weed. Strength. Affirm. The Chosen. The Nameless. The Word. Assistance. Credulity. Consciousness. The Structure. Our Souls. The Law. Knowledge. Give Perfection. Fear. The Way. Understood. His Mansion. Effect. Three Things. Obstacles. Prayer. Climbing. There Is No Death, There Are No Dead. Realization.

THE LOVE SONNETS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE

CONTENTS FOREWORD PART I: HELOISE TO ABELARD ABELARD TO HELOISE PART II. HELOISE TO ABELARD ABELARD TO HELOISE HELOISE TO ABELARD

POEMS OF CHEER

CONTENTS PREFACE. I STEP ACROSS THE MYSTIC BORDER-LAND WORTH WHILE THE HOUSE OF LIFE A SONG OF LIFE PRAYER IN THE LONG RUN AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE TWO SUNSETS UNREST ARTIST’S LIFE NOTHING BUT STONES INEVITABLE THE OCEAN OF SONG IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MOMUS, GOD OF LAUGHTER I DREAM THE SONNET THE PAST A DREAM USELESSNESS WILL WINTER RAIN LIFE BURDENED LET THEM GO FIVE KISSES The Mother’s Kiss The Betrothal The Bridal Kiss Domestic Bliss Old Age RETROSPECTION HELENA NOTHING REMAINS COMRADES WHAT GAIN? TO THE WEST THE LAND OF CONTENT WARNING AFTER THE BATTLES ARE OVER AND THEY ARE DUMB NIGHT ALL FOR ME INTO SPACE THROUGH DIM EYES THE PUNISHED HALF FLEDGED THE YEAR THE UNATTAINED IN THE CROWD LIFE AND I GUERDON SNOWED UNDER LEUDEMANNS-ON-THE-RIVER. LITTLE BLUE HOOD NO SPRING MIDSUMMER A REMINISCENCE A GIRL’S FAITH TWO SLIPPING AWAY IS IT DONE? A LEAF ÆSTHETIC POEMS OF THE WEEK SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY GHOSTS FLEEING AWAY ALL MAD HIDDEN GEMS BY-AND-BYE OVER THE MAY HILL FOES FRIENDSHIP TWO SAT DOWN BOUND AND FREE AQUILEIA WISHES FOR A LITTLE GIRL ROMNEY MY HOME TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY? A Girl’s Reverie AN AFTERNOON RIVER AND SEA WHAT HAPPENS? POSSESSION

POEMS OF PROGRESS AND NEW THOUGHT PASTELS

CONTENTS LOVE’S LANGUAGE THE LAND BETWEEN LOVE’S MIRAGE THE NEED OF THE WORLD THE GULF STREAM REMEMBERED HELEN OF TROY ON THE ISLE OF CRANAE ON THE ISLE OF RHODES LAIS WHEN YOUNG LAIS WHEN OLD EXISTENCE HOLIDAY SONGS ASTROLABIUS COMPLETION SLEEP’S TREACHERY ART VERSUS CUPID THE REVOLT OF VASHTI THE CHOOSING OF ESTHER HONEYMOON SCENE THE COST THE VOICE GOD’S ANSWER THE EDICT OF THE SEX THE WORLD-CHILD THE HEIGHTS ON SEEING ‘THE HOUSE OF JULIA’ AT HERCULANEUM A PRAYER WHAT IS RIGHT LIVING? JUSTICE TIME’S GAZE THE WORKER AND THE WORK ART THOU ALIVE? TO-DAY THE LADDER WHO IS A CHRISTIAN? THE GOAL THE SPUR AWAKENED! SHADOWS THE NEW COMMANDMENT SUMMER DREAMS THE BREAKING OF CHAINS DECEMBER THE WAY THE LEADER TO BE THE GREATER LOVE THANK GOD FOR LIFE TIME ENOUGH NEW YEAR’S DAY LIFE IS A PRIVILEGE IN AN OLD ART GALLERY TRUE BROTHERHOOD THE DECADENT LORD, SPEAK AGAIN MY HEAVEN LIFE GOD’S KIN CONQUEST THE STATUE SIRIUS AT FONTAINEBLEAU THE MASQUERADE SYMPATHY INTERMEDIARY LIFE’S CAR OPPORTUNITY THE AGE OF MOTORED THINGS NEW YEAR DISARMAMENT THE CALL A LITTLE SONG NEW THOUGHT PASTELS A DIALOGUE THE WEED STRENGTH AFFIRM THE CHOSEN THE NAMELESS THE WORD ASSISTANCE CREDULITY CONSCIOUSNESS THE STRUCTURE OUR SOULS THE LAW KNOWLEDGE GIVE PERFECTION FEAR THE WAY UNDERSTOOD HIS MANSION EFFECT THREE THINGS OBSTACLES PRAYER CLIMBING THERE IS NO DEATH, THERE ARE NO DEAD REALISATION

POEMS OF EXPERIENCE

CONTENTS PREFACE. THE EMPTY BOWL KEEP GOING A PRAYER THE LONDON ‘BOBBY’ READ AT THE BENEFIT OF CLARA MORRIS TWO GHOSTS WOMAN BATTLE HYMN OF THE WOMEN MEMORIES [] SEE? THE PURPOSE THE WHITE MAN A MOORISH MAID LINCOLN I KNOW NOT INTERLUDE RESURRECTION THE VOICES OF THE CITY CHORUS IF CHRIST CAME QUESTIONING ENGLAND, AWAKE! BE NOT ATTACHED AN EPISODE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS TIME’S DEFEAT THE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC THE RADIANT CHRIST AT BAY THE BIRTH OF JEALOUSY SUMMER’S FAREWELL THE GOAL CHRIST CRUCIFIED THE TRIP TO MARS FICTION AND FACT PROGRESS HOW THE WHITE ROSE CAME I LOOK TO SCIENCE APPRECIATION THE AWAKENING MOST BLEST IS HE NIRVANA LIFE TWO MEN ONLY BE STILL PARDONED OUT THE TIDES PROGRESSION ACQUAINTANCE ATTAINMENT THE TOWER-ROOM FATHER THE NEW HAWAIIAN GIRL

YESTERDAYS

CONTENTS FOREWORD AN OLD HEART WARP AND WOOF SO LONG IF I COULD ONLY WEEP WHY SHOULD WE SIGH A WAKEFUL NIGHT IF ONE SHOULD DIVE DEEP TWO NO COMFORT IT DOES NOT MATTER THE UNDER-TONE WORTH LIVING MORE FORTUNATE HE WILL NOT COME WORN OUT RONDEAU TRIFLES COURAGE THE OTHER MAD WHICH LOVE’S BURIAL INCOMPLETE ON RAINY DAYS GERALDINE ONLY IN DREAMS CIRCUMSTANCE SIMPLE CREEDS THE BRIDAL EVE GOOD NIGHT NO PLACE FOUND A MAN’S REVERIE WHEN MY SWEET LADY SINGS SPECTRES ONLY A LINE PARTING ESTRANGED BEFORE AND AFTER AN EMPTY CRIB THE ARRIVAL GO BACK WHY I LOVE HER DISCONTENT A DREAM THE NIGHT NEW YEAR REVERIE THE LAW SPIRIT OF A GREAT CONTROL NOON THE SEARCH A MAN’S GOOD-BYE AT THE HOP MET RETURNED BIRDS A CRUSHED LEAF A CURIOUS STORY JENNY LIND LIFE’S KEY BRIDGE OF PRAYER NEW YEAR DECEITFUL CALM UN RENCONTRE BURNED OUT ONLY A GLOVE REMINDERS A DIRGE NOT ANCHORED THE NEW LOVE AN EAST WIND CHEATING TIME ONLY A SLIGHT FLIRTATION WHAT THE RAIN SAW AFTER OUR PETTY CARES THE SHIP AND THE BOAT COME NEAR A SUGGESTION A FISHERMAN’S BABY CONTENT AND HAPPINESS THE CUSINE I WONDER WHY A WOMAN’S HAND PRESENTIMENT TWO ROOMS THREE AT THE OPERA A STRAIN OF MUSIC SMOKE AN AUTUMN DAY WISHES THE PLAY AS WE LOOK BACK (RONDEAU) WHY LISTEN TOGETHER ONE NIGHT LOST NATION THE CAPTIVE NO SONG TWO FRIENDS I DIDN’T THINK A BURIAL THEIR FACES THE LULLABY MIRAGE ALONE IN THE HOUSE AN OLD BOUQUET AT THE BRIDAL BEST

PICKED POEMS

CONTENTS I STEP ACROSS THE MYSTIC BORDER-LAND BROTHERHOOD IF - LIFE’S LESSON BOOK FREEDOM AN EPISODE THE EMPTY BOWL TIME’S DEFEAT IN ENGLAND IN INDIA’S DREAMY LAND RANGOON SONGS OF A COUNTRY HOME CLARA MORRIS THE ENGLISHMAN ON SEEING THE DIABUTSU - AT KAMAKURA, JAPAN SONG OF THE RAIL MEMORY’S MANSION

THE ENGLISHMAN AND OTHER POEMS

CONTENTS THE QUEEN’S LAST RIDE THE ENGLISHMAN CANADA THE CALL CORONATION POEM AND PRAYER TWO VOICES A BALLADE OF THE UNBORN DEAD THE TRUTH TELLER JUST YOU REFLECTION SONGS OF LOVE AND THE SEA ACQUAINTANCE IN INDIA’S DREAMY LAND RANGOON THOUGHTS ON LEAVING JAPAN ON SEEING THE DIABUTSU - AT KAMAKURA, JAPAN THE LITTLE LADY OF THE BULLOCK CART EAST AND WEST THE SQUANDERER COMPENSATIONS BLIND DEAF SHUT-IN SONG OF THE RAIL ALWAYS AT SEA THE SUITORS THE JEALOUS GODS GOD RULES ALWAY THE CURE THE FORECAST LITTLE GIRLS SCIENCE THE EARTH THE MUSE AND THE POET THE DAWN WORDS THE SPINSTER BROTHERHOOD THE TAVERN OF LAST TIMES THE TWO AGES IF I WERE WARNED FORWARD IN ENGLAND KARMA THE GOSSIPS TOGETHER PETITION A WAFT OF PERFUME THE PLOUGH GO PLANT A TREE PAIN’S PURPOSE MEMORY’S MANSION OLD RHYTHM AND RHYME ALL IN A COACH AND FOUR SONGS OF A COUNTRY HOME WORTHY THE NAME OF ‘SIR KNIGHT’

POEMS OF OPTIMISM

CONTENTS WAR GREATER BRITAIN BELGIUM KNITTING MOBILISATION NEUTRAL A BOOK FOR THE KING THE MEN-MADE GODS THE GHOSTS THE POET’S THEME EUROPE AFTER THE PEACE ANGEL PEACE SHOULD NOT COME MISCELLANEOUS THE WINDS OF FATE BEAUTY THE INVISIBLE HELPERS TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA REPLIES EARTH BOUND A SUCCESSFUL MAN UNSATISFIED SEPARATION TO THE TEACHERS OF THE YOUNG BEAUTY MAKING ON AVON’S BREAST I SAW A STATELY SWAN THE LITTLE GO-CART I AM RUNNING FORTH TO MEET YOU MARTYRS OF PEACE HOME THE ETERNAL NOW IF I WERE A MAN, A YOUNG MAN WE MUST SEND THEM OUT TO PLAY PROTEST REWARD THIS IS MY TASK THE STATUE BEHOLD THE EARTH WHAT THEY SAW HIS LAST LETTER A DIALOGUE A WISH JUSTICE AN OLD SONG OH, POOR, SICK WORLD PRAISE DAY INTERLUDE THE LAND OF THE GONE-AWAY-SOULS THE HARP’S SONG THE PENDULUM AN OLD-FASHIONED TYPE THE SWORD LOVE AND THE SEASONS SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER A NAUGHTY LITTLE COMET THE LAST DANCE A VAGABOND MIND MY FLOWER ROOM MY FAITH ARROW AND BOW IF WE SHOULD MEET HIM FAITH THE SECRET OF PRAYER THE ANSWER A VISION THE SECOND COMING

POEMS OF PURPOSE

CONTENTS A GOOD SPORT A SON SPEAKS THE YOUNGER BORN HAPPINESS SEEKING FOR HAPPINESS THE ISLAND OF ENDLESS PLAY THE RIVER OF SLEEP THE THINGS THAT COUNT LIMITLESS WHAT THEY SAW THE CONVENTION PROTEST A BACHELOR TO A MARRIED FLIRT THE SUPERWOMAN CERTITUDE COMPASSION LOVE THREE SOULS WHEN LOVE IS LOST OCCUPATION THE VALLEY OF FEAR WHAT WOULD IT BE? AMERICA WAR MOTHERS A HOLIDAY THE UNDERTONE GYPSYING SONG OF THE ROAD THE FAITH WE NEED THE PRICE HE PAID DIVORCED THE REVEALING ANGELS THE WELL-BORN SISTERS OF MINE ANSWER THE GRADUATES THE SILENT TRAGEDY THE TRINITY THE UNWED MOTHER TO THE WIFE FATHER AND SON HUSKS MEDITATIONS HIS HERS THE TRAVELLER WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

SONNETS OF SORROW AND TRIUMPH

CONTENTS FORECAST A MAN ONE OF US TWO THAT DAY HOW WILL IT BE? THE LAND BETWEEN INTERLUDE SONNETS OF SORROW SONNETS OF SORROW RETROSPECTION UNDERSTANDING TIME AND I SEAS, SHIPS AND SHORES A PRAYER A THRENODY DRAW ANCHOR THE HILLS OF GOD NEWS FROM THE FRONT THE BURNING GHAT HE WHO DOETH ALL THINGS, DOETH ALL THINGS WELL TRIUMPHUS

HELLO, BOYS!

CONTENTS FOREWORD THANKSGIVING THE BRAVE HIGHLAND LADDIES MEN OF THE SEA ODE TO THE BRITISH FLEET THE GERMAN FLEET DEEP UNTO DEEP WAS CALLING THE SONG OF THE ALLIES TEN THOUSAND MEN A DAY AMERICA WILL NOT TURN BACK WAR THE HOUR THE MESSAGE FLOWERS OF FRANCE OUR ATLAS CAMP FOLLOWERS COME BACK CLEAN CAMOUFLAGE THE AWAKENING THE KHAKI BOYS WHO WERE NOT AT THE FRONT TIME’S HYMN OF HATE DEAR MOTHERLAND OF FRANCE THE SPIRIT OF GREAT JOAN SPEAK THE GIRL OF THE U.S.A. PASSING THE BUCK SONG OF THE AVIATOR THE STEVEDORES A SONG OF HOME THE SWAN OF DIJON VEILS IN FRANCE I SAW A HILL AMERICAN BOYS, HELLO! DE ROCHAMBEAU AFTER THE BLASPHEMY OF GUNS THE CRIMES OF PEACE IT MAY BE THEN AND NOW WIDOWS CONVERSATION I, TOO HE THAT HATH EARS ANSWERS HOW IS IT? LET US GIVE THANKS THE BLACK SHEEP ONE BY ONE PRAYER BE NOT DISMAYED ASCENSION THE DEADLIEST SIN THE RAINBOW OF PROMISE THEY SHALL NOT WIN

The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novels MAL MOULÉE: A NOVEL

CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII.

THE ADVENTURES OF MISS VOLNEY

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX.

AN AMBITIOUS MAN

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI

The Autobiographies THE HEART OF THE NEW THOUGHT

CONTENTS Publishers’ Preface Let the Past Go The Sowing of the Seed Old Clothes High Noon Obstacles Thought Force Opulence Eternity Morning Influences The Philosophy of Happiness A Worn Out Creed Common Sense Literature Optimism Preparation Dividends Royalty Heredity Invincibility That Mental Chisel The Object of Life Wisdom Self Conquest The Important Trifles Concentration Destiny Sympathy The Breath Generosity Woman’s Opportunity Balance

A WOMAN OF THE WORLD

CONTENTS To Mr. Ray Gilbert To Miss Winifred Clayborne To Edna Gordon To Miss Gladys Weston To Clarence St. Claire To Miss Margaret Riley To Miss Gladys Weston To a Young Friend To Wilfred Clayborn To Miss Elsie Dean To Sybyl Marchmont To Miss Diana Rivers To Nanette To The Rev. Wilton Marsh To Mrs. Charles McAllister To Mrs. Charles Gordon To Mr. Alfred Duncan To Mr. Charles Gray To Walter Smeed To Sybyl Marchmont To Mrs. Charles Gordon To Mrs. Charles Gordon To Miss Zoe Clayborn Artist To Mr. Charles Gordon To Mrs. Clarence St. Claire To Young Mrs. Duncan To a Young Man To Mrs. McAllister To Mr. Ray Gilbert To the Sister of a Great Beauty To Mrs. White Peak To Maria Owens To Mrs. St. Claire To Miss Jessie Harcourt To Miss Jane Carter

THE WORLDS AND I

CONTENTS FOREWORD TO CRITICS AND CLERGYMEN CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE DAYS CHAPTER II. FIRST SCHOOL DAYS AND EARLY PETS CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNINGS OF SUCCESS CHAPTER IV. “MAURINE” AND “POEMS OF PASSION” CHAPTER V. TWO AMUSING NEAR ROMANCES CHAPTER VI. THE COMPELLING LOVER CHAPTER VII. STEPS UP SPIRITUAL STAIRWAYS CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN MERIDEN CHAPTER IX. NEW YORK CHAPTER X. THE BUNGALOW CHAPTER XI. LITTLE EFFORTS AT BROTHERHOOD CHAPTER XII. INTERESTING PEOPLE MET IN NEW YORK CHAPTER XIII. LUNATICS I HAVE KNOWN CHAPTER XIV. A ROYAL FUNERAL CHAPTER XV. HAPPY MEMORIES OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE CHAPTER XVI. THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE CHAPTER XVII. HIGH LIGHTS ON PLACES AND PERSONALITIES SEEN IN TRAVEL CHAPTER XVIII. ON HISTORIC GROUND CHAPTER XIX. HAWAIIAN QUEENS AND THE SULTAN OF JAVA CHAPTER XX. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND POLYGAMY CHAPTER XXI. PEOPLE, ABROAD AND AT HOME CHAPTER XXII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END CHAPTER XXIII. THE SEARCH OF A SOUL IN SORROW CHAPTER XXIV. THE KEEPING OF THE PROMISE CHAPTER XXV. FROM FRANCE EPILOGUE IMAGES

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