Hi Rich, Thanks for the poem today. I'm packing to move, and that's a very slow job when it comes to my poetry books. My 'Poems of Sentiment' fell open at ...
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TheChars@...
Nov 4, 2002 2:53 am
In a message dated 11/3/02 8:01:17 PM, lyndacracknell@... writes: <<I'm packing to move, and that's a very slow job when it comes to my poetry books. My...
Hello to all out there. I have a small book "Poems of Love", by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, no date but est. printed in 1905 in England. I obtained this book at an...
Welcome to our Society! What a wonderful story about discovering Ella's poetry. I'm glad you found our web site and our email group. Would you like to share...
Thanks to the research of John M. Freiermuth, I'd like to share a poem by Ella I had not seen before. The Cello By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. While the bass drums...
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John Freiermuth
jmfreier@...
Nov 10, 2002 7:22 am
Hi, I'm John M, (Mike) Freiermuth, the inadvertant Ella fan. Many months ago I was working on my bibliography of Charles W. Chesnutt. I had met another...
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TNey@...
Nov 10, 2002 7:19 pm
In a message dated 11/10/02 2:23:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Neat story, Mike! And welcome! Especially from another North Carolinian from Durham! Lorrie...
G'day Mike ... Richards board seems to attract the nicest people from everywhere. Thanks for all the research you're doing which enriches the collection for...
I Bide My Time. I bide my time. Whenever shadows darken Along my path, I do but lift mine eyes, And faith reveals fair shores beyond the skies, And through...
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TNey@...
Nov 11, 2002 5:59 am
In a message dated 11/10/02 7:56:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Wow.....Just what I needed at this very hour. THanks for posting this one. Lorrie [Non-text...
One of our members, Mike Freiermuth, has sent me a copy of a poem I have never seen before. It was published in the _The Charlotte Democrat_ on 25 October 1895...
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TNey@...
Nov 11, 2002 9:36 pm
Regarding the "Endurance" poem.......I did an online search of Bartlett's Quotations and it attributes this poem to another author.....as below: John Bartlett...
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TNey@...
Nov 11, 2002 9:42 pm
Also, after a brief search that I'm too busy now to complete, it appears Elizabeth Allen's pen name was "Florence Percy." I saw several notes indicating...
G'day Rich and all, An interesting poem. I wonder what the trigger was? Anyway, back to the last line. The words "This endurance" don't sound quite right....
OOps, i've just read the email which supplies the last line and attributes the poem to another author. An enjoyable poem anyway and worthy of our Ella even if...
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John Freiermuth
jmfreier@...
Nov 11, 2002 11:47 pm
Hi All, Any ambitious scholars out there that want to track this poem down? World Cat lists several books by Elizabeth Allen. She seems to predate Ella. I did...
... I was stunned when I first read the name because I just this weekend transcribed a letter written by Ella in which she mentioned Elizabeth Akers Allen! In...
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TheChars@...
Nov 12, 2002 9:08 pm
Dear Richard and Friends, Have any of you ever read the poem I've pasted in below this message? I found it on eBay, attributed to Ella Wheeler Wilcox, printed...
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TNey@...
Nov 13, 2002 12:31 am
Sorry Bonnie.....another loser when it comes to Ella. The folks on eBay are wrong! Lorrie GIGA QUOTES BY AUTHOR JOHN OWEN British epigrammatist ("British...
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TNey@...
Nov 13, 2002 12:37 am
For those of you who are wondering.........I have no idea if the sources I've quoted on these two last poems are correct in attributing them to other authors...
I actually own a copy of this print http://12.228.225.170/~redwards/prints/goddoc.jpg and have it on our website. I have added a note on our Prints page...
... I found more than one reference to the quote: Owen, John (c. 1563 - 1622) Epigrammatist God and the doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not...
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John Freiermuth
jmfreier@...
Nov 13, 2002 1:25 am
Hi Richard, When nature serves you lemons, make lemonade. How about a new category for Ella: Fabulous Fakes--Let the buyer beware! Mike ... ...
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TheChars@...
Nov 13, 2002 1:42 am
Bravo Lorrie and Richard! Your scanned image of that little motto at http://12.228.225.170/~redwards/prints/goddoc.jpg is a much clearer than the scan...
THANKSGIVING We walk on starry fields of white And do not see the daisies; For blessings common in our sight We rarely offer praises. We sigh for some supreme...
WINTER RAIN Falling upon the frozen world last night, I heard the slow beat of the winter Rain-- Poor foolish drops, down-dripping all in vain; The ice-bound...
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John Freiermuth
jmfreier@...
Dec 14, 2002 2:32 am
Sorry Rich, Our week of frozen winter rain ended four days ago and almost all the one-inch blizard has melted. ;-) Mike Freiermuth ... ...
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TNey@...
Dec 14, 2002 4:44 am
In a message dated 12/13/02 9:33:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Well let me add my greetings to the ice-cold few who have shivered with us for the last week....
Hi all, Here in Australia it's summer time, and today I found myself complaining of the heat when I was out in the car. Thanks for putting our climate back...
