THREE WOMEN
POEMS OF POWER
MAURINE
POEMS OF PASSION
POEMS OF PLEASURE
KINGDOM OF LOVE AND OTHER POEMS
AN ERRING WOMAN'S LOVE
EVERY-DAY THOUGHTS
MEN WOMEN AND EMOTIONS
AN AMBITIOUS MAN
THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD
AROUND THE YEAR WITH ELLA
WHEELER WILCOX A Birthday Book



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_Oh, you who read some song that I have sung_,
_What know you of the soul from whence it sprung_?

_Dost dream the poet ever speaks aloud_
_His secret thought unto the listening crowd_?

_Go take the murmuring sea-shell from the shore_:
_You have its shape, its color and no more_.