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Poems of Pleasure

Name: Poems of Pleasure
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Read by Sonia, monkeywraith, Greg Giordano, Tomas Peter, Alex Clarke, Lian Pang, Shakira Searle, Ross Klatte, Anusha Iyer, Lani J., Leonard Wilson (1930-2024), Sarah Jennings and SkyAlbatross · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Surrender (2:19)
The Birth of the Opal (1:30)
The Difference (1:10)
Two Loves (1:05)
The Way of It (1:37)
Angel or Demon (2:55)
Dawn (0:53)
Peace and Love (1:24)
The Instructor (1:41)
Blase (2:24)
The Sea-Breeze and the Scarf (1:26)
Three and One (1:43)
Inborn (1:32)
Two Prayers (1:53)
Sleep and Death (1:27)
Absence (1:27)
Love Much (1:46)
One of Us Two (1:25)
Her Reverie (2:30)
Two Sinners (1:49)
What Love Is (1:39)
Constancy (1:40)
Resolve (1:42)
Optimism (1:21)
Pain's Proof (1:22)
Immortality (2:14)
Answered Prayers (1:26)
The Lady of Tears (2:07)
The Master Hand (2:32)
Secret Thoughts (1:49)
There Comes a Time (1:18)
The World (1:41)
Necessity (1:50)
Achievement (1:27)
Belief (1:25)
Whatever Is - Is Best (1:36)
Peace at the Goal (1:02)
The Law (1:17)
Recompense (1:33)
Desire (1:03)
Deathless (1:31)
Keep Out of the Past (1:35)
The Fault of the Age (1:35)
Distrust (1:23)
Artist and Man (1:13)
Babyland (3:02)
A Face (1:26)
An Old Comrade (2:14)
Entre-Acte Reveries (2:38)
A Plea (2:37)
The Room beneath the Rafters (2:25)
The Mother-In-Law (3:12)
An Old Fan (1:36)
No Classes! (2:03)
A Gray Mood (1:55)
At an Old Drawer (1:40)
The Old Stage Queen (2:42)
Faith (1:52)
The True Knight (1:33)
The City (1:32)
Woman (1:27)
The Soul's Farewell to the Body (2:07)
Thimble Islands (2:02)
My Grave (1:10)
Refuted (1:18)
The Lost Land (1:06)
The South (1:10)
A Sailor's Wife (1:26)
Life's Journey (2:58)
The Disappointed (1:35)
Fishing (1:47)
A Pin (2:50)
The Actor (1:59)
Illogical (1:55)
New Year (1:29)
New Year (1:41)
Now (0:59)