{"product_id":"ella-wheeler-wilcoxs-custer-other-poems-a-weed-is-but-an-unloved-flower-9781783945764","title":"Ella Wheeler Wilcox's Custer \u0026 Other Poems: \"A weed is but an unloved flower.\"","description":"Born on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, Ella Wheeler was the youngest of four children. She began to write as a child and by the time she graduated was already well known as a poet throughout Wisconsin. Regarded more as a popular poet than a literary poet her most famous work 'Solitude' reflects on a train journey she made where giving comfort to a distressed fellow traveller she wrote how the others grief imposed itself for a time on her 'Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was published in 1883 and was immensely popular. The following year, 1884, she married Robert Wilcox. They lived for a time in New York before moving to Connecticut. Their only child, a son, died shortly after birth. Here we publish one of her many poetry books, Custer \u0026amp; Other Poems, that so endeared her to her audience. Ella died of breast cancer on October 30th, 1919. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDEX OF POEMS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe World's Need \u003cbr\u003eHigh Noon \u003cbr\u003eTransformation \u003cbr\u003eThought-Magnets \u003cbr\u003eSmiles \u003cbr\u003eThe Undiscovered Country \u003cbr\u003eThe Universal Route \u003cbr\u003eEarthly Pride \u003cbr\u003eUnanswered Prayers \u003cbr\u003eThanksgiving \u003cbr\u003eA Maiden to Her Mirror \u003cbr\u003eThe Kettle \u003cbr\u003eContrasts \u003cbr\u003eThy Ship \u003cbr\u003eThe Tryst \u003cbr\u003eLife \u003cbr\u003eA Marine Etching \u003cbr\u003eThe Duel \u003cbr\u003e\"Love Thyself Last\" \u003cbr\u003eChristmas Fancies \u003cbr\u003eThe River \u003cbr\u003eSorry \u003cbr\u003eThe Old Wooden Cradle \u003cbr\u003eAmbition's Trail \u003cbr\u003eThe Traveled Man \u003cbr\u003eUncontrolled \u003cbr\u003eThe Tulip Bed at Greeley Square \u003cbr\u003eWill \u003cbr\u003eTo An Astrologer \u003cbr\u003eThe Tendril's Faith \u003cbr\u003eThe Times \u003cbr\u003eThe Question \u003cbr\u003eSorrow's Uses \u003cbr\u003eIf \u003cbr\u003eWhich Are You? \u003cbr\u003eThe Creed To Be \u003cbr\u003eMusic in the Flat \u003cbr\u003eInspiration \u003cbr\u003eThe Wish \u003cbr\u003eThree Friends \u003cbr\u003eYou Never Can Tell \u003cbr\u003eHere and Now \u003cbr\u003eUnconquered \u003cbr\u003eAll That Love Asks \u003cbr\u003eDoes It Pay \u003cbr\u003eSestina \u003cbr\u003eThe Optimist \u003cbr\u003eThe Pessimist \u003cbr\u003eThe Hammock's Complaint \u003cbr\u003eLife's Harmonies \u003cbr\u003ePreaching vs. Practice \u003cbr\u003eAn Old Man to His Sleeping Young Bride \u003cbr\u003eI Am \u003cbr\u003eTwo Nights \u003cbr\u003ePreparation \u003cbr\u003eCuster\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Portable Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856757592338,"sku":"9781783945764","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2053447-51fb-487d-91fd-44b230ce0d22.jpg?v=1737511483","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ella-wheeler-wilcoxs-custer-other-poems-a-weed-is-but-an-unloved-flower-9781783945764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}