Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born in Johnstown, Wisconsin. She married at the age of 28 and soon moved to Meriden, Connecticut. She lived for a long time in New York, spending summers in a cabin on the Connecticut shore. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was also well travelled, visiting England and the West Indies, and taking a voyage around the world.