Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I, Too

I saw fond lovers in that glow
   That oft-times fades away too soon:
I saw and said, ’Their joy I know-
   I, too, have had my honeymoon.’

A young expectant mother’s gaze
   Held earth and heaven within its scope:
My thoughts went back to holy days-
   I said, ’I, too, have known that hope.’

I saw a stricken mother swayed
   By sorrow’s storm, like wind-blown grass:
I said, ’I, too, dismayed
   Have seen the little white hearse pass.’

I saw a matron rich with years
   Walk radiantly beside her mate:
I blessed them, and said through my tears,
   ’I, too, have known that high estate.’

I saw a woman swathed in black
   So blind with grief she could not see:
I said, ’Not far need I look back-
   I, too, have known Gethsemane.’

I saw a face so full of light,
   It seemed with all God’s truths to shine:
I said, ’I, too, have found my sight,
   I, too, have touched the Fact Divine.’

1. The Birth of the Orchid
2. The Black Charger
3. All the World
4. At Set of Sun
5. The Call (All wantonly in hours of joy)

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