Project Gutenberg 2003-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 118 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler 1850 1919 Wheeler, Ella Yesterdays Transcribed from the 1910 Gay and Hancock edition David Price "Yesterdays" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a collection of poems written in the early 20th century. This reflective work explores themes of nostalgia, love, loss, and the passage of time through a series of heartfelt verses, capturing the essence of human emotions and experiences. The poet addresses the complexities of youth and maturity, examining how the memories of love and sorrow weave into the fabric of life. The beginning of "Yesterdays" presents a foreword in which Wilcox expresses her desire to share poems from her early youth that encapsulate the fleeting sorrows and joys of that time. She reflects on the nature of youth and the tendency to indulge in despair, albeit from a perspective that recognizes the resilience of life. The initial poems convey strong emotions, often contrasting youthful vigor with the weight of accumulated experiences, as the speaker grapples with the lessons of love and the bittersweet nature of memory. Through lyrical expressions, Wilcox sets the tone for the exploration of these poignant themes in subsequent verses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American poetry PS Text Category: Poetry 156923 2025-07-02T09:24:37.636958 text/html 147282 2025-06-17T09:00:53 text/html 127518 2025-07-02T09:24:44.601937 application/epub+zip 127476 2025-07-02T09:24:40.106930 application/epub+zip 127476 2025-07-02T09:24:38.656939 application/epub+zip 281518 2025-07-02T09:24:47.932904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222690 2025-07-02T09:24:43.263906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187909 2022-09-02T12:41:51.781235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135914 2025-07-02T09:24:36.642944 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116191 2025-06-17T09:00:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18700 2025-07-02T09:24:48.058880 application/rdf+xml 11706 2025-07-02T09:24:39.166915 image/jpeg 3205 2025-07-02T09:24:38.909926 image/jpeg 120843 2025-07-02T09:24:37.649954 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia