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Laa diagrammas suivants lllustrant la mathoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Micxoconr msoiution test chmt (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2| 1.0 Irl^ 1^ ■ 36 A APPLIED IM^GE In ^^^ '653 East Main Street S'-g Rochester, New York 14609 USA •-^ (716) *a2 - 0300 - Phone ^S C^'6) 288 - 5969 - fax 35487 '^-Av iU*^ (>] MK*ij^. t(«:/ rrit. '^-'fw. /n i-o^va-->i i>^ w .-^ i]n //^ ^^, I . / 'f V ^' /• THE COLLECTED POEMS OP ELLA WHEELER WILCOX 35487 POEMS BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX McClelland & stewart Publishers, - Toronto PC33I0 COPYRIGHT, CANADA, «!» BT MCCLELLAND & STEWART, LIMITED, TORONTO fRINTID IN CANADA CONTENTS POEMS OF PASSION THE DtSTROVER . A FALLEN LEAF - SO MANY WAYS - THE SNOWFLAKB - TO MEN god's motto moon and sea - how like the sea THAT DAY - THREEFOLD I-OVE IS ALL A LOVER'S QOARREL REPLY TO RUDVARD KIPLINO's THE BED . SAYS CUPID TO MAMMON ••OVE'S LANGUAGE IMPATIENCE COMMUNISM THE COMMON LOT INDIVIDUALITY - FRIENDSHIP AFTER LOVE QUEHIES . Pon.\i rAGt 3 J 4 S 6 8 9 9 23 24 20 27 2ii CONTENTS DFON THX SAND . ■ . lEDNlTRD - - - - WHAT SHALL WK DO? • 'THE BEAUTIFUL BLUB DANUBE' ANSWERED THROUGH THE VALLEY - BUT ONE . . - - GUILO . , - _ THE DUET - - - LITTLE QUEEN - - - WHEREFORE . . - DELILAH - . . . LOVE-SONG . - - TIME AND LOVE . . . CHANGE - - - . TESOLATION , - . ISAURA - . . . NOT QUITE THE SAME FROM THE GRAVE A WALTZ-QUADRILLB BEPPO • ■ . . TIRED . . _ THE SPEECH OP SILENCIt CONVERSION . . . LOVE'S COMING - . . OLD AND NEW . . . PERFECTNESS - « - BLEAK WEATHER - - - ATTRACTION - - . GRACIA . - . . AD FINEM ... NEW AND OLD ... THE TRIO .... PACK 30 30 3> 32 34 36 37 37 39 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 5« 53 55 56 57 58 S9 60 6l 62 63 63 65 66 67 CONTENTS «i AM ANSWER . . _ YOn WILL FOROIT MB . IHl MREWELL OF CLARIMONDS MISCELLANEOUS POEMS THB LOST GARDEN ART AND HEART AS BY FIRE IF I SHOULD DIE MISALLIANCE BESPONSE - DROUGHT - THE CRHBD PROGRESS - MV FRIEND BED CARNATIONS LIFE IS TOO SHORT A SCULPTOR CREATION - BEYOND THE SADDEST HOUR SHOW ME THE WAY MY HERITAGE RESOLVE - AT ELEUSIS COURAGE • SOLITUDE - THE YEAR OUTGROWS THE SPRI THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD THE TIGER ONLY A SIMPLE RHYME . J WILL BE WORTHY OF IT PACK 68 69 70 7a 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 8S 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 92 93 94 95 96 97 1 CONT£NTS fONNBT > • LKr MB LKAN HARD PENALTY - SUNSET THE WHKi'.L OF T A MHKTINR EARNESTNESS A PICTURE MOCKERY • TWIN-BORN FLOODS ■ KEORET A FADLE > [IE BREAST 'ACI 99 100 100 101 103 •03 104 104 •05 106 107 log POEMS OF PT.nASURE PASSIONAL WOMAN AND WAR POVERTY AND WHALTH FREEDOM • SETTLE THE QDISTION R TRUE CHARITY ONTO THE END 'THIS TOO SHALL WAR SONNETS SPEECH RECRIMINATION THE CHAIN THE PROTEST SUCCESS "3 114 116 116 118 iig 119 121 i» "3 125 126 127 CONTENTS is MV LAUNCH AVI) I PAOI DEATH OP LABOUR - laS P«OGBKSS ..." - 130 DISCONTENT • 130 SURRHNDKll . '. - 131 THE BIRTH OF THB OPAL • 13a THK DIKFEREKCE - ■ "33 T«0 LOVSS • "34 THK WAY OP II . . [ ■ "35 ANGEL OR DEMON - 13K DAWN . _ _ ' ■ '3; ftACE AND LOVE ■ - 138 THE INSTRUCTOR . - "39 BLAS* ..." • "39 THE SEA-BREEZE AND THE SCARP - 140 THREE AND ONE . . • 142 INBORN . . _ ■ ■ • •43 TWO PRAYERS . '. [ ' • "44 SLEEP AND DEATH . [ • "45 ABSENCE . . . ' " • "47 LOVE MUCH . . ■ '47 ONE OF US TWO - . ' ' - 148 HER REVERIE . . ' " - "49 TWO SINNhRS . . ' ■ - ISO WHAT LOVE IS . - "52 CONSTANCY . . ' ' - "53 - "54 PHILOSOPHICAL KESOLVK . OPTIMISM - , _ ' " - "56 PAIN'S PROOF . [ ' ' • "57 IMMORTALITY . . " " - "58 I5S CONTENTS ANSWERID FRAYEIIS THE LADY Or TEARS THE MASTER HAND SECRET THOUGHTS THERE COMES A TIM« THE WORLD NECESSITY ACHIEVEMENT BELIEF WHATEVIk IS— IS HEST PEACE AT THE GOAL THE LAW - RECOMPBNSX DESIRE DEATHLESS KREP OOT OF THE PAST THE FADLT OF THE AGE DISTRUST - ARTIST AND MAN MISCELLANEOUS BABVLAND A FACE - , ^ , AN OLD COMRADE FNTRK-ACTE REVERIES - A PLEA - . . . THE ROO-' BENEATH THE RAFTERS THE MOTHEL IN-LAW AN OLD FAN NO CLASSES - • , A GREY MOOD - • . AT AN OLD DRAWER . . rAOB Ite 160 163 164 165 166 167 168 168 169 170 '7' ■72 '73 >74 '?S 176 •77 177 '79 180 181 •83 '85 187 188 •91 193 •93 194 CONTENTS THl OLD STAOg QDUN FAITH THE TRUI KNIOH THE CITY - WOMAN THB soul's fare THIMBLE ISLANDS My GKAVB KF.FUTED - THE LOST LAND THE SOL'TH A sailor's wife LIFE'S JOL'RNKY THE DISAPPOINTED FISHING - A PIN THE ACTOR ILLOGICAL NEW YEAR NEW YEAK NOW 'ELL TO THE UODY FAGK • 196 197 ■99 200 201 202 20J 2C4 205 206 206 207 20S 210 211 213 2'5 216 218 219 220 POEMS OF CHEER WORTH WHILE - THE HOUSE OF LIFE A SONG OP LIFE - PRAYER IN THE LONG RON AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE TWO SUNSETS 223 224 226 227 229 230 2J' CONTENTS UNREST • . . 'ARTISI'S llril' . NOTHING MJT SIONBS . INKVIT.AItLK . . TIIK OCEAN OH SONO ' IT MIGHT HAVE BKg.V ' MOMUS, GOD Olr lukUGHTH 1 ORRAM - . . THB bONNKT THE PAST • A DREAM • - . USBLESSNC3S WILL WINTER RAIN LIFB BURDKNEO LET THEM GO - FIVE KISSES RETROSPECTION - HELENA - NOTHING REMAINS COMRADES WHAT GAIN? TO THE WF.ST THE LAND OH CONTENT - WARNING - AFTER THE BATTLES ARE OVER »ND THEY ARE DUMB - NIGHT ALL FOR ME . . INTO SPACE THROUGH DIM BYES THE PUNISHED PAGB • »3* ' 435 • 236 • 238 - '39 - 141 • 242 • "43 - 24S - »A5 • 346 ■ 247 • 247 ■ 248 • 249 • 249 > 250 ■ 251 ■ 254 • 2S« ■ 257 259 260 261 262 264 264 271 273 274 276 277 279 CONTENTS i«i HALF ri.RnoKD - . . THI VUK THI UNAriAINKD IN THI CR01V0 • . . Liri AND I . . . ODIIDON ■ • . . SNOWID UNOKI ... 'LtUUIMANNS-ON-THl-BIVU' - LIrrLI BLUE HOOO NO y^KING ... MIDSUMMU ... A (KMINISCINCI ... A girl's rAlTH ... TWO .... 8L1PPIN0 AWAY ... IS IT OONI/ ... A LEAF .... -CSTHKTIC FOIUS OF THt WUK GHOSTS ■ ■ - . FLEIINO AWAY ... ALL MAD - . . . HIDDEN UEMS BY-AND-BVE ... OVER IHK UAY HILL FOES - . . . FRIENDSHIP ... TWO SAT DOWN ... BOUND AND FREE AQUILEIA - - . . WISHES FOR A LITTLE OIBl ROMNBY .... MY HOMB ... FAOa »79 aSo iSi aS] B84 285 b86 987 190 »9' 393 »94 '93 i9« 297 198 300 301 303 305 306 307 308 309 310 312 313 3>4 3'S 3i« 318 319 320 li* CONTENTS •X) MAIRT 01 NOT TO HAIRvr *» ArriRNOOIf . ■IVIl AND tlA - WHAT HAFPINS } . KWSIUION MOB 3JI 313 3»4 3»S 3»i POEMS OF SENTIMENT DOOIH CA«NAT?ONI NEVER MIND • TWO WOM.M IT ALL WILL COME OUT EIUH A WAENINO SHIINE1 - THE WATCHEE . SWIMMING SONO . THE LAW - LOVE, 1MB, AND WILL THE TWO ACES . COIILEUE DE !OSE LAiT LOVE life's track an ode to iime REORET and REMORSE EASTER HORN BLIND THE YELLOW-CQVEIIED ALMANAC THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE REALISATION SUCCESS - THE LADY AND THE DAME ■ 3»9 - 330 • 331 • 33a - 333 • 333 • 334 ■ 335 ■ 33« • 338 • 339 ■ 341 ■ 343 ■ .M3 345 347 347 348 349 35" 35a 353 354 i CONTENTS I H«A»m AND HULL U)V1« lUPItMAC'Y THE ITttNAL WILL INSIOHT - A WOMAN' LOVI THE MA s or PEACE 'HAS Br ..M' DUTY'S PATH HAECH THE END OP THE SUMMEE SUN SHADOWS ' HE THAT LOOKETH ' AN EEEINO woman's LOVE a sono op eepuelics hihoeia;. hat— i89» WHEN BABY SOUU SAIL ODT TO ANOTHEE WOMAN'S BABY DIAMONDS EUBIES SAPPHIEEE TDEQUOISB EEPOEM - A MINOE CHOED - DEATH'S PBOTEST SEPTEMBER WAIL OF AN OI.D-TIMEB WAS, IS, AND YET-TO-BE MISTAKES - DUAL THE ALL<»«ATIVE SPAEK BE NOT CONTENT ACTION TWO EOSU . • 3!» • 357 - 358 ■ 359 - 3«o • 3*> • 3'>3 - 364 ■ - 365 • 3«6 - 3** - its • 3«9 ■ 383 - 3M - 3M - 389 • 390 • 390 ■ 390 • 391 ■ 391 ■ 39" ■ 39» ' 393 • 393 • 395 396 • 397 398 399 400 401 Ml CONTENTS •ATIITV . A MIAII icurti . A •UOaUTION THI DIPTHI Lire's OPK* THE »ALT »Jt-WIND "KW VIAK CONCtNTlATIOH THOUOIITI LUCK 9Mn • 401 ■ *>i • 40| ' 404 40s 405 406 407 407 40I *>9 POEMS OF PASSION i f ". THE DESTROYER WITH c„e, and still, and cunning art She parried Time', malicious dart And liept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her :,eart And aged her in a day ! A FALLEN LEAF * ■»■ A bold audacious frost ; A rendezvous, a kiss or two, ' And youth for ever lost. ' Ah, me ! The bitter, bitter cost. A flaunting patch of vivid red. That quivers in the sun ; A windy gust, a grave of dust. The little race is run. Ah, me I Were that the only one. 3 so MANy WAVS SO MANy WAVS I; I I EARTH has so many ways of being fair ; Its sweet young Spring, its Summer clothcil in light. Its regal Autumn trailing into sight As Summer wafts her last liiss on the air ; Bold, virile Winter with the wind-blowii hair, And the broad beauty of a world in white. Mysterious dawn, high noon, and pensive night. And over all God's great worlds watching there. The voices of the birds at break of day ; The smell of young buds bursting on the tree , The soft, suggestive promises of bliss, Uttered by every subtle voice of May ; And the strange wonder of the mighty sea, Lifting its cheek to take the full moon's kiss. Love has so many ways of being swecr : The timorous, rose-hued dawning of its reign Before the senses waken ; that dear pain Of mingled doubt and certainty ; the fleet, First moment when the clasped hands meet In wordless eloquence ; the loss and gain When the strong billows from the deeper main Submerge the valleys of the incomplete. THt SNOWFLAKE The rcstlcsi passion rising into ptacc • The g,o>v,„g beaucy of two pnths that blend into one perfect v.ay. The glorious faith 1 1- feel, no fear of life's expiring lease ■ And that majestic victory at the end When love, unconquered. triumphs over death. THE SNOWFLAKE A LL sheltered by the mother-clouJ ■' * The little flake looked down ; •> =aw the city-5 seething crowd, I' »w the shining town. • How fan and far those steeples rise To greet us, mother dear ! It IS so lovely in the skies, Why do we linger here ? ■ The north wind says the merry earth Itfull oflifc and glow ' long to mingle with its ..rth— O mother ! let us go." The mother-cloud reached out her arm. 'O little flake,' quoth she, 'The earth is full ofsin and harm liiJc here, bide here, with me.' TO MEN But when the pale cloud-mother slept, The north wind whispered, ' Fly !' And from her couch the snowflalce crept And tiptoed down the sky. Before the Winter's sun his fleet Brief journey maJe that day, All soiled and blackened in the street The little snowflake lay. TO MEN SIRS, when you pity us, I say You waste your pity. Let it stay. Well corked and scored upon your shelves, Until you need it for yourselves. We do appreciate God's thought In forming you, before He brought Us into life. His art was crude. But oh, so virile in its rude Large elemental strength : and then He learned His trade in making men ; Learned how to mix and mould the clay And fashion in a finer way. How fine that skilful way can be You need but lift your eyes to see ; And we are glad God placed you tliere To lift your eyes and find us fair. TO MEN Apprentice labour though you were. He mad- you great enough to stir The best and deepest depths of us And we are glad He made you thus. Ay! we are glad of many things. God strung our hearts with such fine strings The least breath moves them, and we hear Music where silence greets your ear. •Ve suffer so ? but women's souls. Like volet powder dropped on coals, G,ve forth their best in anguish. Oh. The subtle secrets that we know. Of joy in sorrow, strange delight. Ofecstasy in pain-filled nights, And mysteries of gain in loss Known but to Christ upon the Cross 1 Our tears are pitiful to you i> Look how the heaven-reflecting dew Dissolves its life in tears. The sand Meanwhile lies hard upon the strand. How could your pity find a place For us, the mothers of the race i Men may be fathers unaware, So poor the title is you wear. 13' GOD'S MUITCJ But mothers ? who that nown xlorrii Knows all its mitiglcd blootns and thonii ; And she whose feel that path halh trod Has walked upon the hcighn wit."- God. No, offer us not pity's fup. There is no looking down or up Between us : eye looks straight in eye t Born equals, so we live and die. GOD'S MOTTO THIS is the season o' wooing and mating. The heart of Nature calls out for its own. An God have pity on those who are waiting The fnir unfolding of Spring, alone. For the (owls fly north in pairs together. And two by two are the leaves unfurled. And the whole intent of the wind and weather Is to waken love in the thought of the world. Up through the soil where the grass is springing. To flaunt green flags in the golden light. Each little »• out its mate is bringing (Oh ! one little sprout were a lonely sight). 'tVe wale at dawn with the silvery patter Of bi'd-noies falling like showers of rain. And need but listen to prove their chatter The ainorous echo of love's sweet pain. MOON AND SEA In .h. bu^, of the b„ .nd .he .Tung ..eecl'. ne.gh.ng, I" the l,ur..,n« bud .„d ,he he«f. u„rc«. The voice of Nature .gam i> „y,„g. In C;od'io»„ motto, that love is best For .h„ ,, the .eason of „„oing .„d mai.ng. I he heart of Nature .alls out fo, ,,. ^„„ , Arid O the .orrow of ,ouls that are waiting The .oft unfolding of Spn„g. ,\unt I MOON AND SEA ■you are the moon, dear love, and I the sea ■ ■t The tide of hope swell, high within my breatt. And hides the rough dark rocks of life's unrest When your fond eyes smile near in perigee. But when that loving &„ is turned from me. Low fall, the tide, and the grim rocks appear, And earth's dim coast-line .eems a thing to (ear. You ue the moon, dear one, and 1 the sea. HOW LIKE THE SEA ITOW l,k, ,he sea. the myriad-minded sea. X X I, this large love of ours ; so vast, so deep, bo full of mysteries I It, too, can keep Its secrets, like the ocean ; and is free 10 THAT DAY Free, ai the boundless main. Now it may be Calm, like the brow of some sweet child asleep Again its seething billows surge and leap And break in fulness of their ecstasy. Each \ifave so lite the wave which came before. Yet never two the same I Imperative And then persuasive as the cooing dove. Encroaching ever on the yielding shore Ready to take ; yet readier still to give How like the myriad-minded sea, is love ! THAT DAY O HEART of mine, through all those perfect days, Whether of white Decembers or green Mays, There runs a dark thought like a creeping snake. Or like a black thread which by some mistake Life has strung through the pearls of happy years, A thought which borders all my joy with tears. Some day, some day, or you, or I, alone, Must look upon the scenes we two have known, Must tread the selfsame paths we two have trod. And cry in vain to one who is with God. To lean down from the Silent Realms and say ; ' I love you ' in the old familiar way. THAT DAY Some day_,nd «ch day, b„u.»ou, though i. be Bn ^.clo.er.h,t dread hour for ,ouo. me. " Fleet-footed joy, who hurrie. time along, I» J« a secret foe who doe. u, wrong • ^P^''^'"e'"i^ny. though he ^oUdrnhkr^o^ Of yonder pathway where but one may go. Ayo„ewi„g„. To go i, .weet. I wi,_ To^^t H^'o""''' '"''" some3pecial blis. To make H.s Paradise seem very dear To one who goe, and leave, the other here. To sever souls ,0 bound by love and time, For any one but God, would be a crime. Vet death will entertain hi, own, I, hink. To one w1,o stay, life gi.e, the gall to drink, To one who stays, or be it you or me. There wa,t, the Garden of Gethsemane. O dark, inevitable, and awful day When one of u, must go and one must stay I II THREEFOLD QUR love wake, in the morning, unafraid . , .7° ""=" """ ""'■= "">"'« °f 'he day ; And ,f a haggard dawn, dull-eyed and grey Peers m upon us through the window shade I/! It ', 1/ II THREEFOLD Full looii love'i finger, roiy tipped, is laid Upon its brow, and gloom departs straightway. All outer darlencss melts before that ray Of inner light, whereof our love is miJe i Each petty trouble an.! each pigmy caj;. And those gaunt-visagcd duties which so fill Life's path by day, do bo.row of love's grace. Though he be dear alway, and debonair, In the young morning best he provei his skill, Lending his lustre to the communplace. Our love looks boldly in the noon's bold eye» ; He has no thing to hide, no thing to fear ; And if the world stands far, or jostles near. He walks alway serene, without disguise, Naked and not ashamed, beneath the skies. He does not need dark backgrounds to appear Radiant, for even through the broad day's cleai Effulgence his supernal beauties rise. Oh, there be loves that hide till day is done. Nocturnal loves, like silent birds of prey ; Secretive loves, that do not dare rejoice I Ours is an e.iglc that can face the sun, A wholciomc love that glories in the day. And finds a rapture in its oivii glad voice. THREEFOLD •1 Oui lore augment, in be.uiy when ihc night Sh,H, ,„ our world hctwcen four .heltcring w.ll, ^'•t 1. the d,y, .nd yet it. .plendour pjll. • Heir arc the .hadovvs that obscure the light, And dear the .tar. that tiptoe into sight ; And when the curtain of deep darline.. fall., Then heart to heart in clearer accent, call,. And the whole universe is Love', by right. There is no vexing world to interfere ; No .orrow .ave the all too rapid flow Of time's swift river, .weeping on and on. We two arc masters of this silent sphere- Love i> the only duty that we know. Our only (ear the menace of the davvn. LOVE IS ALL ..PIT TO FOW.N M»«KHAM'S « MAN W,TH A H08 ' 'T^HE time ha. come— ay. even now it is, A To rank that parable in Genesis Of God's great curse of labour placed on man. With other fairy tales. Whv, God began All work Himself! He was' so full of force He Hung the sol.,r systems on their course Aiuf buildeJ worlds on worlds : and not content. He labours still. When mighty suns are spent ■i; " LOVE IS ALL He (orget on His whit.-hot *nvil ,p.c« New .ur, ,0 tell Hi. glory and Hi. gr.ce Who mo.t .chieve., i. met like God, I hold • The idler i. the bl.ck .h.q, i„ ,h. fold. ' Not for the burdened toiler with the 'hoe' My tnr. of wrrow and compa.iion flow Though he may be dull, unlettered, and not fair To look upon, though he be bowed with care Vet in hi. heart, if dear love fold, it. wing.' He .tand. a monarch over unloved kings One .orrow only in God's world ha. birth- To live unloving and unloved on earth One joy alone makes earth a part of heaven- '•'e joy of happy love received and given. Down through the chaos of our human law. Love .hine. supreme, the great Eternal Cause God loved so much. His thought, bur.t into lium. And from that .acred Source creation came ' The heart which f«I, ,hi, holy light within. Find. Ood, and man, and bea.t and bird its kin All class distinctions fade and disappear- Death is but life, and heaven, he feels, is 'near Brother is he to 'ox' and 'seraphim,' 'Slave to the wheel' mayhap, yet kings to him And millionaires seem paupers, if from them Life has withheld its luminous great gem; Or if his badge be sceptre, hoe. or hod. That man is king who knows that love is God. A LOVER'S QUARREL •I A LOVERS yUARREL "lyE two were loven. ,hc S«, ,nd I , » ' We plighted our troth 'ne.th . .ummer ,1,. And .11 throujh the riotou., .,den, we.ther Wc dreamed, .„d loved. .„d rejoiced together. At time, my lover would r,ge .nd ,,orm. '"■d: 'Nom.tter, hi.he.rti.w.rm.- Wh.teverhi.humour. IlovedhUway., And .o we lived through the golden d.y^ Iknownotthem.nneritc.me.bout, But in the .utumn we two fell out. Vet thi. I tnow--tw« the f.ult of th. Se.. And w« not my f.ult, that he changed to me. I lingered « long .,, woman m.r ro find what her lover will do or My. But he met my .mile, with., ullen frown. And » I turned to the wooing Town. Oh, bold w.. thi. .ui,or,.nd blithe ..bold! H.. look wa... bright a. the Se.'.w„ cold. A. the Sea w., .ulle„, the Town wa, gay ■ He made me forget for a winter day. ' i6 A LOVER'S QUARREL For. winter d.y and. winter night He '"ughed my sorrow away from .ight. And yet, in spite of his mirth and ch=er J knew full well he was insincere. And when the young buds bur,, on the tree. i he old love woke in my heart for the Se.. Pride was forgotten-I i