POEMS OF POWER BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX BY GAY AND HANCOCK, LTD. 21 BEDFORD ROW LONDON [All rights reserved] 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.