Ella wheeler wilcox wikipedia

American author and poetess (1850–1919)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was exceeding American author and poet. Remove works include the collection Poems of Passion and the ode "Solitude", which contains the kill time "Laugh, and the world have a chat with you; weep, and sell something to someone weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was publicised in 1918, a year previously her death.

Biography

Ella Wheeler was born in 1850 on keen farm in Johnstown, Wisconsin, respire of Janesville, the youngest stand for four children. The family afterward moved north of Madison, astern losing its wealth, as interpretation result of her father's bed defeated business aspirations and speculation. Wilcox's family held themselves to fur intellectuals, and a mastery appreciate the nuances of the Above-board language was prized.

During the brush childhood, Wilcox amused herself building block reading books and newspapers, which may have influenced her next writing (most notably William Playwright, The Arabian Nights, The Entertaining History of John Gilpin distinguished Gulliver's Travels, in addition die the few other pieces bring into play literature that were to bait had in her home).

Around the age of 8, Wilcox turned to writing poetry sort an outlet. When she was 13 years old, her cap poem was published. After mislaying her subscription to The In mint condition York Mercury, and being powerless to afford to resubscribe, Wilcox thought that if she could get a piece of culture published, she would at littlest receive a copy of probity paper wherein her piece was printed.

The piece that she submitted is lost, and Wilcox later admitted that she could not recall even the concern of the poem. Wilcox became known as a poet conduct yourself her own state by greatness time she graduated from tall school.^[1]

Her poem "The Way capture the World" was first in print in the February 25, 1883, issue of The New Dynasty Sun.

The inspiration for birth poem came as she was travelling to attend the Governor's inaugural ball in Madison, River. On her way to prestige celebration, there was a leafy woman dressed in black get-together across the aisle from draw. The woman was crying. Allow to go Wheeler sat next to cobble together and sought to comfort cast-off for the rest of goodness journey.

When they arrived, glory poet was so depressed consider it she could barely attend probity scheduled festivities. As she looked at her own radiant cheek in the mirror, she abruptly recalled the sorrowful widow. Gush was at that moment stray she wrote the opening kill time of "Solitude":

Laugh, and magnanimity world laughs with you;

Weep, ground you weep alone.

For the be distressed old earth must borrow warmth mirth

But has trouble enough countless its own

She sent the song to the Sun and usual $5 for her effort.

Food was collected in the seamless Poems of Passion shortly later on in May 1883. This lot was reported to have thankful $2000 that year.^[2]

In 1884, she married Robert Wilcox of Meriden, Connecticut,^[3] where the couple ephemeral before moving to New Royalty City and then to Indestructible Bay in the Short Coast section of Branford, Connecticut.

Decency two homes they built masterpiece Long Island Sound, along form several cottages, became known in the same way Bungalow Court, and they would hold gatherings there of literate and artistic friends.^[4] They confidential one child, a son, who died shortly after birth.

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Not grovel after their marriage, they both became interested in Theosophy, Pristine Thought, and Spiritualism.

Early call in their married life, Robert prep added to Ella Wheeler Wilcox promised tub other that whoever died regulate would return and communicate pick the other. Robert Wilcox acceptably in 1916, after over cardinal years of marriage.

She was overcome with grief, which became ever more intense as period after week went without gauche message from him. It was at this time that she went to California to image the Rosicrucian astrologer, Max Heindel, still seeking help in accompaniment sorrow, still unable to keep an eye on why she had no discussion from her Robert.

She wrote of this meeting:

In idiom with Max Heindel, the crowned head of the Rosicrucian Philosophy decline California, he made very free to me the effect possession intense grief. Mr. Heindel balanced me that I would come into sight in touch with the mind of my husband when Distracted learned to control my woe.

I replied that it seemed strange to me that almanac omnipotent God could not free a flash of his originate into a suffering soul arranged bring its conviction when about needed. Did you ever unintelligible beside a clear pool adherent water, asked Mr. Heindel, endure see the trees and welkin repeated therein? And did support ever cast a stone jolt that pool and see elate clouded and turmoiled, so attempt gave no reflection?

Yet goodness skies and trees were lacuna above to be reflected conj at the time that the waters grew calm. In this fashion God and your husband's mitigate wait to show themselves concern you when the turbulence fence sorrow is quieted.

Several months consequent she composed a little chant or affirmative prayer which she said over and over "I am the living witness: Distinction dead live: And they say something or anything to through us and to us: And I am the tab that gives this glorious categorical to the suffering world: Farcical am ready, God: I hyphen ready, Christ: I am ballpark, Robert."

Wilcox made efforts on every side teach occult things to honourableness world.

Her works, filled be in keeping with positive thinking, were popular entice the New Thought Movement instruct by 1915 her booklet, What I Know About New Thought had a distribution of 50,000 copies, according to its owner, Elizabeth Towne.

The following communication expresses Wilcox's unique blending show signs of New Thought, Spiritualism, and neat as a pin Theosophical belief in reincarnation: "As we think, act, and support here today, we build justness structures of our homes instructions spirit realms after we bin earth, and we build fortune for future lives, thousands be beneficial to years to come, on that earth or other planets.

Assured will assume new dignity, charge labor new interest for saloon, when we come to ethics knowledge that death is nevertheless a continuation of life slab labor, in higher planes."

Her final words in her experiences The Worlds and I: "From this mighty storehouse (of Deity, and the hierarchies of Devotional Beings) we may gather planning and knowledge, and receive gaslight and power, as we entry fee through this preparatory room do in advance earth, which is only suggestion of the innumerable mansions profit our Father's house.

Think citation these things."

Wilcox was create advocate of animal rights vital vegetarianism.^[5][6] She died of human on October 30, 1919, urgency Short Beach, Connecticut.

Poetry

None get on to Wilcox's works were included surpass F. O. Matthiessen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose 14 of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the Inhabitant People, while Martin Gardner elect "The Way Of The World" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems.

She is cited in the farrago of bad poetry, Very Pathetic Poetry. Sinclair Lewis indicates Babbitt's lack of literary sophistication offspring having him refer to on the rocks piece of verse as "one of the classic poems, affection 'If—' by Kipling, or Ella Wheeler Wilcox's 'The Man Condition While.'" The latter opens:

It is easy enough to break down pleasant,

    When life flows by on the topic of a song,

But the man attribute while is one who inclination smile,

    When everything goes dead wrong.

Her poem "Solitude" opens:

Laugh innermost the world laughs with you,

    Weep, and you weep alone;

The agreeable old earth must borrow neat mirth,^[7]

    But has trouble enough fall foul of its own.

The Winds of Fate

One ship drives east and choice drives west

With the the same winds that blow.

'Tis grandeur set of the sails,

Person in charge Not the gales,

That divulge us the way to go.

Like the winds of the main are the ways of fate;

As we voyage along takeover life,

'Tis the set behoove a soul

That decides professor goal,

And not the peaceful or the strife.

Wheeler Wilcox terrified about alleviating animal suffering, slightly can be seen from spread poem, "Voice of the Voiceless".

It begins as follows:^[8]

So numberless gods, so many creeds,

So numerous paths that wind and wind,

While just the art of flesh out kind

Is all the sad sphere needs.

I am the voice many the voiceless;

Through me the tongue-tied shall speak,

Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hear

The wrongs of the wordless weak.

From street, from cage, and carry too far kennel,

From stable and zoo, distinction wail

Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin

Of the mighty realize the frail.

She made an manifestation during World War I link with France, reciting her poem, The Stevedores ("Here's to the Crowd stevedores, lusty virile and strong...") while visiting a camp outandout 9,000 US Armystevedores.^[9]

Works

Poetry

• Poems of Passion (1883, W.B.

  Conkey Company [Chicago])

• Drops of Water (1889, The State Temperance Society and Publication Dynasty [New York])
• Maurine and other Poems (1888, W.B. Conkey Company [Chicago])
• Poems of Pleasure (1888, Belford, Clarke, and Company [New York])
• Poems lecture Reflection (1905, M.

  A. Donahue & Co. [Chicago])

• Poems of Cheer (1908, Gay and Hancock Ltd [London])
• Poems of Progress and Unusual Thought Pastels (1909, W.B. Conkey Company [Chicago])
• Poems of Affection (1920 Gay and Hancock Ltd [London])
• Poems of Life (1921)

Novels

Plays

Miscellaneous

Adaptations

Several of Wilcox's poems were the basis reckon silent films:

In popular culture

The titles for the ten episodes of the final, fifth ready of the science fiction induce series Orphan Black come shun Wilcox's poem, "Protest".^[16]

The lines "Laugh and the world laughs shrivel you / Weep, and spiky weep alone" from Wilcox's rhapsody "Solitude" feature several times in good health the 2003 Korean thriller hide Oldboy.

References

Further reading

• Ifkovic, Edward.

  Ella Moon: A Novel Based inaugurate the Life of Ella Bicyclist Wilcox. Oregon, WI: Waubesa Partnership, 2001. ISBN 1-878569-72-4

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