POEMS OF POWER

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

BY

 

GAY AND HANCOCK, LTD. 21 BEDFORD ROW LONDON

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Published 1903 Reprinted 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 1909 (three times), 1910 (four times), 1911, 1912 (twice), 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918

N.B.—The only volumes of my poems issued with my approval in the British Empire are published by Messrs. Gay & Hancock.

Messrs. Gay & Hancock

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

NOTE

The final word in the title of this volume refers to the Divine Power in every human being, the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness. It is this idea which many of the verses endeavour to illustrate.

Divine Power

E. W. W.

 

CONTENTS

 

THE QUEEN’S LAST RIDE

(Written on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral)

The Queen is taking a drive to-day, They have hung with purple the carriage-way, They have dressed with purple the royal track Where the Queen goes forth and never comes back.

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