| Author |
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 |
| Title |
Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 86.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Contents |
Preface -- The land between -- Love's mirage -- The need of the world -- The Gulf Stream -- Remembered -- Helen of Troy -- 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.
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| Credits |
Transcribed from the 1913 Gay and Hancock edition by David Price
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| Summary |
"Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a collection of poetry written in the early 20th century. The verses explore themes of love, existence, societal issues, and the human experience, intertwining reflections on personal growth and a broader philosophical outlook on life. The opening of the collection features a preface and several poems that set the tone for the themes that will be explored throughout. It begins with an invocation of "Love's Language," questioning how love expresses itself, suggesting its complexity and depth. This is followed by the poem "The Land Between," which speaks of the connection between souls that transcend earthly bounds, and "Love's Mirage," where the pursuit of love is depicted as both an alluring vision and a painful reality. The early poems present a tapestry of emotive expressions—melding the idealistic with the painful—and establish love's central role in both personal fulfillment and universal struggles, inviting readers to reflect upon their own experiences and aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
American poetry
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
3228 |
| Release Date |
May 1, 2002 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jul 27, 2014 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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