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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (5 November 1850 – 30 October 1919) was an American poet.
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“All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.”
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.”
“How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair”
“The world needs divine power in every human being the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness”
“Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth
Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning.
And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth,
There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.”
Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning.
And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth,
There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.”
“I find a rapture linked with each despair,
Well worth the price of anguish. I detect
More good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.”
Well worth the price of anguish. I detect
More good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.”
“Look to the Great Eternal Cause
And not to any man, for light.
Look in; and learn the wrong, and right,
From your own soul's unwritten laws.
And when you question, or demur,
Let Love be your Interpreter.”
And not to any man, for light.
Look in; and learn the wrong, and right,
From your own soul's unwritten laws.
And when you question, or demur,
Let Love be your Interpreter.”
“It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'. I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.”
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Affirm the body, beautiful and whole,
The earth-expression of immortal soul.
Affirm the mind, the messenger of the hour,
To speed between thee and the source of power.
Affirm the spirit, the Eternal I —
Of this great trinity no part deny.
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“There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Worth 2 quotes
“But though that place I never gain, Herein lies comfort for my pain: I will be worthy of it.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Religion 2 quotes
“So many gods, so many creeds— So many paths that wind and wind While just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Ships 2 quotes
“One ship drives East, and one drives West, By the selfsame wind that blows; It's the set of the sails, and not the gales, Which determines the way it goes.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Life 2 quotes
“Our lives are songs; God writes the words And we set them to music at pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Rights
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Festivities
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Discontent
“And from the discontent of man The world's best progress springs.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Cowardice
About Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (5 November 1850 – 30 October 1919) was an American poet.