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100 1 _aWilcox, Ella Wheeler,
_d1850-1919
245 1 0 _aPoems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2002
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2002-05-01
505 0 _aPreface -- 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.
508 _aTranscribed from the 1913 Gay and Hancock edition by David Price
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAmerican poetry
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3228
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