Stephen B. Wilcox

1Art and Heart

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 38 different recordings of Art and Heart, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This poem, originally suggested by Betsie Bush, was chosen for this special collection due to a general consensus that the message of the poem corresponds with the spirit of LibriVox.<br /><br />The poem asserts that, “It is not art, but heart, that wins the wide world over.” And so it is with LibriVox: it is not only the books, the poetry, the literature that make LibriVox what it is; but it is also the people, the diversity of voices, and all of the different lives and experiences that affect the way a person reads a piece of text. The art is the foundation of LibriVox, but the many hearts behind it are the true essence and spirit of LibriVox.<br /><br />For more information on the the first anniversary of LibriVox, and to hear a one hour special audio program featuring interviews, bloopers, and samplers, please visit the Anniversary homepage: http://librivox.org/librivox-anniversary-2006/

2Solitude (Wilcox)

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;<br />. . Weep, and you weep alone;<br />For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,<br />. . But has trouble enough of its own."<br /><br />Librivox volunteers bring you sixteen readings of Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for November 2, 2014.

3Poems of Passion

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A collection of love poems. (Summary by Joy Chan)

LibriVox volunteers offer you 15 different recordings of Worth While, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 28, 2010.

5Hidden Gems

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers offer you 17 different recordings of <i>Hidden Gems</i> by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 9th, 2010.

6In The Long Run

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In The Long Run by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 11th, 2010.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Past by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 20, 2011.<br><br>Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. (summary by Wikipedia)

8True Culture

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of True Culture by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 16, 2012. <br><br>Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. (Summary from Wikipedia)

9Age of the Motored Things

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Age of the Motored Things by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br>This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 6, 2013.<br><br>Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was " Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.<br>A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is—Is Best".<br>None of Wilcox's works were included by F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose no fewer than fourteen of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the American People, while Martin Gardner selected "Solitude" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems. (Summary from Wikipedia)

10Poems of Purpose

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published in 1919. - Summary by Carolin

11Poems of Power

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume in a series of books of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This time, the theme is "Power". - Summary by Carolin

12Poems of Optimism

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The topic of this volume is "optimism". - Summary by Carolin

13Poems of Cheer

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is another volume in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's series. This time, the topic is "Cheer". - Summary by Carolin

14Six Bad Husbands and Six Unhappy Wives

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a collection of six short stories, each of them illustrating that even a marriage which looks perfect from the outside can be sabotaged quite easily by the two people involved. - Summary by Carolin

15Beauty Making

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on a farm in Johnstown, Wisconsin, east of Janesville, the youngest of four children. The family soon moved north of Madison. She started writing poetry at a very early age, and was well known as a poet in her own state by the time she graduated from high school. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. (Summary from Wikipedia)

16Camping in the Canadian Rockies

By Walter Dwight Wilcox

An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region About Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations. - Summary by the author.

17Poems of Sentiment

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This time, the topic is "Sentiment". - Summary by Carolin

18Poems of Experience

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is another volume of Ella Wheeler Wicox's famous series. This time, the topic is Experience. The short play <i>The New Hawaiian Girl</i> is included in this volume. <br></br>The cast of <i>The New Hawaiian Girl</i> is <br>Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Ralph: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br>Ethel: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9737">Diana Schmidt</a><br>The Girl: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8463">Michele Fry</a><br>- Summary by Carolin

19Cuisine

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet, who was considered a popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is—Is Best", suggesting an echo of Alexander Pope's "Whatever is, is right." None of Wilcox's works were included by F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose no fewer than fourteen of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the American People, while Martin Gardner selected "The Way Of The World" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems. She is frequently cited in anthologies of bad poetry, such as The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse and Very Bad Poetry. - Summary by Wikipedia

20Kingdom of Love

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, named after the poem 'the Kingdom of Love'. - Summary by Carolin

21Yesterdays

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of early poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. As much of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poetry, this volume also conveys a number of different emotions in the different poems. Ms Wilcox herself suggests the alternative title "Ghosts of old dreams" for this volume. - Summary by Carolin

22New Thought Pastels

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. While the volume is relatively small, it has been reprinted many times and gained quite some popularity. - Summary by Carolin

23Custer, and Other Poems

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The final poem of this volume is an epic narrative poem glorifying the life and deeds of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), who served in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. - Summary by Carolin

24Go Plant A Tree

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. - Summary by Wikipedia

25Poems of Pleasure

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is another volume in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous series of poetry. This volume bears the topic "pleasure". - Summary by Carolin

26To The Women of Australia

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is—Is Best". She made a very popular appearance during World War I in France, reciting her poem, The Stevedores ("Here's to the Army stevedores, lusty and virile and strong...") while visiting a camp of 9,000 US Army stevedores. (Wikipedia)

27Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do you, in fact, have any problem at all? In that case, Ella Wheeler Wilcox might be able to help you. In 35 letters, the notable poet and advocate of the new thought movement gives advice on varied subjects, issues and problems.. - Summary by Carolin

28Maurine and Other Poems

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of earlier poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Title poem, <i>Maurine</i>, is a narrative poem about the tragedy and happiness of the life of Maurine. Besides that long narrative poem, this collection also includes a number of Ella Wheeler Wicox's famous shorter pieces of poetry. - Summary by Carolin

29Englishman and Other Poems

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a volume of beautiful and evocative poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. - Summary by Carolin

30Conversion

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emotion which has been denominated "the grand passion"—love. A few of those are of an extremely fiery character. (from the Preface to Love and Passion by the authoress)

31Pin

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone" - Summary by Wikipedia

32Christmas Fancies

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is—Is Best", suggesting an echo of Alexander Pope's "Whatever is, is right."</br></br> None of Wilcox's works were included by F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose no fewer than fourteen of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the American People, while Martin Gardner selected "The Way Of The World" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems. (Wikipedia)

33Life (Wilcox Version)

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The following statement expresses Wilcox's unique blending of New Thought, Spiritualism, and a Theosophical belief in reincarnation: "As we think, act, and live here today, we build the structures of our homes in spirit realms after we leave earth, and we build karma for future lives, thousands of years to come, on this earth or other planets. Life will assume new dignity, and labor new interest for us, when we come to the knowledge that death is but a continuation of life and labor, in higher planes." - Summary by Wikipedia

34Sun Shadows

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. This Weekly Poem is taken from her collection, Poems of Sentiment (1919)

This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, and assumed to be the first baby born in the White House. The book focuses on three Christmas memories--the first of a Christmas in the White House during the 1830's and Jackson's Presidency; the second, a Christmas in Prussia at the home of the Crown Prince, to which she was invited because her father was US minister to Berlin; the last story, a Christmas in Texas in the 1830s. Unlike the first two stories, the third one does appear to be a personal memory, but a recounting of a story, possibly told to her as she lived in Texas while her father served as US Commissioner to the Texas Republic. Summary by Dr. P. Gould.

36Domestic Bliss

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This scene of 'Domestic Bliss' is from Poems of Cheer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (Pub 1914) - Summary by David Lawrence

37Solar Eclipse

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A commemoration of the recent solar eclipse is presented in this week's group reading. - Summary by David Lawrence

38You Never Can Tell

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". - Summary by Wikipedia

39Bachelor to a Married Flirt

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. This LibriVox Fortnightly Poem is taken from Poems of Purpose (1919) - Summary by Wikipedia

40Three Things

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Her final words in her autobiography The Worlds and I: "From this mighty storehouse (of God, and the hierarchies of Spiritual Beings) we may gather wisdom and knowledge, and receive light and power, as we pass through this preparatory room of earth, which is only one of the innumerable mansions in our Father's house. Think on these things". - Summary by Wikipedia

41Compassion

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her works include Poems of Passion and Solitude, which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". This poem is taken for the collection 'Poems of Purpose'. - Summary by Wikipedia

42Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a single reader (<a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12500">Foon</a>), with the exception of a few poems that are written as small theatrical plays, which are additionally read by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11535">Nemo</a> and <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a>. (summary by Foon)

43Love's Language

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Love's Language, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 17, 2019. <br> ------<br> One of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's most beautiful and passionate poems, originally published in her book, Poems Of Passion, 1883. - Summary by ~ Michele Fry

LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of A Golden Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 31, 2019. <br> ------<br> A delightful little poem describing what it feels like to greet a sunny spring day and let the rest of your cares slide away. - Summary by Michele Fry

45Uselessness

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you __ recordings of Uselessness by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 29, 2020. <br> ------<br> Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her works include Poems of Passion and Solitude, which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." - Summary by Wikipedia

46How Salvator Won and Other Recitations

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an American poet known for her popular lyrics that capture positive and uplifting themes. This volume is quite diverse, including the concluding piece that is read as a little play. Her preface to expresses the unique character of this collection. “I am constantly urged by readers and impersonators to furnish them with verses for recitation. In response to this ever-increasing demand I have selected, for this volume, the poems which seem suitable for such a purpose. In making my collection I have been obliged to use, not those which are among my best efforts in a literary or artistic sense, but those which contain the best dramatic possibilities for professionals. Several of the poems are among my earliest efforts, others were written expressly for this book. In “Meg’s Curse,” which has never before been in print, and in several others, I ignored all rules of art for the purpose of giving the public reader a better chance to exercise his elocutionary powers.- Summary by Larry Wilson

47Holiday Songs

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Holiday Songs by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 6, 2020. <br> ------<br> Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. A popular poet rather than a literary poet, in her poems she expresses sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is—Is Best", This Weekly Poem is taken from her 'Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels '. (1913) - Summary by Wikipedia

48Warning

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Warning by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 15, 2020. <br> ------<br>Around the age of 8, Wilcox turned to writing poetry as an outlet. When she was 13 years old, her first poem was published. After losing her subscription to The New York Mercury, and being unable to afford to resubscribe, Wilcox thought that if she could get a piece of literature published, she would at least receive a copy of the paper wherein her piece was printed. The piece that she submitted is lost, and Wilcox later admitted that she could not recall even the topic of the poem. Wilcox became known as a poet in her own state by the time she graduated from high school. - Summary by Wikipedia

49Maiden To Her Mirror

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Maiden To Her Mirror by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 7, 2021. <br> ------<br> Our maiden reflects on growing old. - David Lawrence

50How The White Rose Came

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of How The White Rose Came by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 30, 2021. <br> ------<br> Springtime.. a tale of a rose and a few garden insects. - Summary by David Lawrence