Custer, and Other Poems
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The final poem of this volume is an epic narrative poem glorifying the life and deeds of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), who served in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. - Summary by Carolin (2 hr 24 min)
Chapters
| The World's Need | 0:29 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| High Noon | 2:25 | Read by Sonia |
| Transformation | 2:33 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Thought-Magnets | 0:55 | Read by Sonia |
| Smiles | 1:32 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| The Undiscovered Country | 1:11 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| The Universal Route | 1:15 | Read by Jude |
| Earthly Pride | 0:28 | Read by Jael Baldwin |
| Unanswered Prayers | 1:59 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Thanksgiving | 2:02 | Read by Michele Fry |
| A Maiden To Her Mirror | 1:29 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Kettle | 1:39 | Read by Sonia |
| Contrasts | 0:57 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Thy Ship | 1:59 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Tryst | 3:18 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Life | 1:16 | Read by Jude |
| A Marine Etching | 0:29 | Read by Jael Baldwin |
| The Duel | 2:23 | Read by Sonia |
| 'Love Thyself Last' | 1:43 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Christmas Fancies | 3:04 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The River | 2:08 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Sorry | 2:44 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Old Wooden Cradle | 2:20 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Ambition's Trail | 1:01 | Read by Sonia |
| The Traveled Man | 1:48 | Read by Sonia |
| Uncontrolled | 1:11 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square | 1:46 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Will | 1:16 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| To An Astrologer | 2:19 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| The Tendril's Faith | 1:15 | Read by Jael Baldwin |
| The Times | 1:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Question | 1:18 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Sorrow's Uses | 1:07 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| If | 1:37 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Which Are You? | 1:30 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| The Creed To Be | 1:59 | Read by Jude |
| Music In The Flat | 2:17 | Read by Sonia |
| Inspiration | 1:48 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Wish | 1:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Three Friends | 2:03 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| You Never Can Tell | 1:24 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Here And Now | 1:42 | Read by Jude |
| Unconquered | 1:03 | Read by Sonia |
| All That Love Asks | 2:07 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Does It Pay | 0:51 | Read by Sonia |
| Sestina | 3:15 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Optimist, and the Pessimist | 1:41 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Hammock's Complaint | 1:11 | Read by Jael Baldwin |
| Life's Harmonies | 1:00 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Preaching vs. Practice | 1:13 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| An Old Man To His Sleeping Young Bride | 2:50 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| I Am | 1:50 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Two Nights | 2:06 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Preparation | 2:28 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Custer, Book First, Stanzas I - XIII | 6:14 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas I - X | 4:51 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas XI - XX | 4:43 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas XXI - XXX | 4:40 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas XXXI - XL | 4:44 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas XLI - L | 4:43 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Second, Stanzas LI - LXI | 5:07 | Read by Sonia |
| Custer, Book Third, Stanzas I - X | 5:25 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Custer, Book Third, Stanzas XI - XX | 5:21 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Custer, Book Third, Stanzas XXI - XXXIII | 6:59 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |