English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Jenny Lind. Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс)

Jenny Lind

There was a something in your song, men say
   No later singer voices: some strange power
Like to the essence in a rare June day,
   Or like the subtle perfume of a flower.
Awed and inspired, your listeners turned away,
   Baptized in your sweet music’s holy shower.
For through that music shone the glorious dower
   Of your great soul: here all the secret lay.

Not for the honours of this earth you sang--
   Not for its gold or glory, not for art,
Not for the fortunes at your fair feet hurled.
   The love of God through all your measures rang,
And each pure note bespoke a noble heart.
   When worth weds genius, lo! they rule the world.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s other poems:

1. The Phantom Ball
2. The Giddy Girl
3. The Awakening (I love the tropics, where sun and rain)
4. The Bed
5. The Plow of God

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