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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Three Women](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnqzpw54g7k1akkvv7hg423/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260924%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260924T121841Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=242372afc3cd8fc925cfd136fdcafc2e871e9fc2eae10143062061a9646531fd) ## About this work Three Women by Ella Wheeler Wilcox — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Ella Wheeler Wilcox THREE WOMEN BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Author of "Poems of Passion," "Maurine," "Poems of Pleasure," "How Salvator Won," "Custer and Other Poems," "Men, Women and Emotions," "The Beautiful Land of Nod," Etc. CHICAGO—NEW YORK W. B. CONKEY COMPANY PUBLISHERS Entered according to act of Congress, In the year 1897, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered at Stationers' Hall, London. All Rights Reserved. Made in the United States. THREE WOMEN My love is young, so young; Young is her cheek, and her throat, And life is a song to be sung With love the word for each note. Young is her cheek and her throat; Her eyes have the smile o' May. And love is the word for each note In the song of my life to-day. Her eyes have the smile o' May; Her heart is the heart of a dove, And the song of my life to-day Is love, beautiful love. Her heart is the heart of a dove, Ah, would it but fly to my breast Where lone, beautiful love, Has made it a downy nest. Ah, would she but fly to my breast, My love who is young, so young; I have made her a downy nest And life is a song to be sung. THREE WOMEN. I. A dull little station, a man with the eye Of a dreamer; a bevy of girls moving by; A swift moving train and a hot Summer sun, The curtain goes up, and our play is begun. The drama of passion, of sorrow, of strife, Which always is billed for the theatre Life. It runs on forever, from year unto year, With scarcely a change when new actors appear. It is old as the world is—far older in… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthree-women) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fthree-women) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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