Poems of Pleasure.

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. AUTHOR OF “POEMS OF PASSION.” “MAURINE.” “MAL MOULEE” ETC. CHICAGO: W. B. Conkey Company. 1897. {4} 1888. Copyright By BELFORD CLARKE & CO. 1892. Copyright By MORRILL, HIGGINS & CO. All rights reserved. 1893. Copyright By W. B. CONKEY COMPANY. {5}

CONTENTS.

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PASSIONAL.

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Poems of Pleasure.

SURRENDER.

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THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL.

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THE DIFFERENCE.

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TWO LOVES.

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THE WAY OF IT.

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ANGEL OR DEMON.

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DAWN.

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PEACE AND LOVE.

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THE INSTRUCTOR.

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BLASE.

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THE SEA-BREEZE AND THE SCARF.

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THREE AND ONE.

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INBORN.

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TWO PRAYERS.

HIS.

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HERS.

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SLEEP AND DEATH.

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ABSENCE.

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LOVE MUCH.

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ONE OF US TWO.

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HER REVERIE.

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TWO SINNERS.

WHAT LOVE IS.

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CONSTANCY.

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PHILOSOPHICAL.

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RESOLVE.

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OPTIMISM.

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PAIN’S PROOF.

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IMMORTALITY.

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ANSWERED PRAYERS.

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THE LADY OF TEARS.

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THE MASTER HAND.

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SECRET THOUGHTS.

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THERE COMES A TIME

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THE WORLD.

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NECESSITY.

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ACHIEVEMENT.

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BELIEF.

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WHATEVER IS—IS BEST.

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PEACE AT THE GOAL.

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THE LAW.

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RECOMPENSE.

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DESIRE.

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DEATHLESS.

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KEEP OUT OF THE PAST.

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THE FAULT OF THE AGE.

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DISTRUST.

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ARTIST AND MAN.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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BABYLAND.

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A FACE.

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AN OLD COMRADE.

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ENTRE-ACTE REVERIES.

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A PLEA.

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THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERS.

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THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.

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AN OLD FAN. (TO KITTY. HER REVERIE.)

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NO CLASSES!

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A GRAY MOOD.

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AT AN OLD DRAWER.

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THE OLD STAGE QUEEN.

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FAITH.

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THE TRUE KNIGHT.

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THE CITY.

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WOMAN.

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THE SOUL’S FAREWELL TO THE BODY.

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THIMBLE ISLANDS. (OFF LONG ISLAND SOUND.)

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MY GRAVE.

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REFUTED. “Anticipation is sweeter than realization.”

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THE LOST LAND.

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THE SOUTH.

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A SAILOR’S WIFE. (HER MEMORY.)

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LIFE’S JOURNEY.

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THE DISAPPOINTED.

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FISHING.

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A PIN.

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THE ACTOR.

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ILLOGICAL.

NEW YEAR.

NEW YEAR.

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NOW.