CUSTER, AND OTHER POEMS. ***
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CUSTER
AND
OTHER POEMS
BY
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Author of "Poems of Passion," "Maurine," "Poems of Pleasure," "How Salvator Won," "The Beautiful Land of Nod," "An Erring Woman's Love," "Men, Women and Emotions," Etc.
CHICAGO: W. B. CONKEY COMPANY.
Published 1896,
By
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Preface.
"Let such teach others, who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well."
--POPE.
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=CONTENTS=
=PAGE=
The World's Need 7
High Noon 8
Transformation 10
Thought-Magnets 12
Smiles 13
The Undiscovered Country 15
The Universal Route 16
Earthly Pride 17
Unanswered Prayers 18
Thanksgiving 20
A Maiden to Her Mirror 22
The Kettle 23
Contrasts 25
Thy Ship 26
The Tryst 28
Life 31
A Marine Etching 32
The Duel 33
"Love Thyself Last" 35
Christmas Fancies 37
The River 40
Sorry 42
The Old Wooden Cradle 44
Ambition's Trail 46
The Traveled Man 47
Uncontrolled 49
The Tulip Bed at Greeley Square 50
Will 52
To An Astrologer 53
The Tendril's Faith 55
The Times 56
The Question 57
Sorrow's Uses 58
If 59
Which Are You? 60
The Creed To Be 62
Music in the Flat 64
Inspiration 67
The Wish 68
Three Friends 69
You Never Can Tell 71
Here and Now 72
