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LOVE’S CONFESSIONS.

LOVE'S CONFESSIONS. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 329.1 How shall a maid make answer to a man Who summons her, by love's supreme decree The intricate strange ways that love began? So many streams from that great fountain ran, To open her whole heart,…

THE WORLD GROWS BETTER.

THE WORLD GROWS BETTER. 404.5 Oh, the earth is full of sinning. And of trouble and of woe, But the devil makes an inning Every time we say it's so. And the way to set him scowling. And to put him back a pace, Is to stop this stupid growling…

Opportunity

Opportunity. 153.1 Send forth your heart's desire and work and wait The opportunities of life are brought To our own doors, not by capricious fate, But by the strong, compelling force of thought. …

The Lesson

The Lesson Ella Wheeler Wilcox 91 When Thought, accustomed to appalling fact, Grow normal and regains its sway once more, Long buried Truth, within the hearts of men, Shall rise and roll away the Stone of self, And stand revealed in all its…

The Lesson

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The Lesson. Ella Wheeler Wilcox 9.1 When Thought, accustomed to appalling fact, Grow normal and regains its sway once more, Long buried Truth, within the hearts of men, Shall rise and roll away the Stone of self, And stand revealed in all its…

The City To Be

The City To Be Whaeeler Wilcox 311 OH, ho! for the city, that is to be, By the great, broad banks of the western sea It shall spring from ashes, and tears, and blood- The city of beauty and brotherhood A delicate marvel of modern birth,…

Attainment

Attainment. Ella Wheeler Wilcox 218.4 Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss The purpose of this life, and not wait For circumstance to mould or change your fate. In your own self lles destiny. Let this Vast truth cast out all fear, all…