Poems of Optimism

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1919

Contents

War

1. Greater Britain
2. Belgium
3. Knitting
4. Mobilisation
5. Neutral
6. A book for the King
7. The men-made gods
8. The Ghosts
9. The poet's theme
10. Europe
11. After
12. The Peace Angel
13. Peace should not come

Miscellaneous

1. The Winds of Fate
2. Beauty
3. The invisible helpers
4. To the women of Australia
5. Replies
6. Earth bound
7. A Successful Man
8. Unsatisfied
9. Separation
10. To the teachers of the young
11. Beauty making
12. On Avon's breast I saw a stately swan
13. The little go-cart
14. I am running forth to meet you
15. Martyrs of peace
16. Home
17. The eternal now
18. If I were a man, a young man
19. We must send them out to play
20. Protest
21. Reward
22. This is my task
23. The statue
24. Behold the earth
25. What they saw
26. His last letter
27. A Dialogue
28. A Wish
29. Justice
30. An Old Song
31. Oh, poor, sick world
32. Praise day
33. Interlude
34. The land of the gone-away-souls
35. The harp’s song
36. The pendulum
37. An old-fashioned type
38. The sword
39. Love and the seasons
40. A Naughty Little Comet
41. The last dance
42. A Vagabond Mind
43. My flower room
44. My faith
45. Arrow and bow
46. If we should meet him
47. Faith
48. The secret of prayer
49. The Answer
50. A Vision
51. The second coming