Two Ages

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Two Ages by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 25, 2026. ------ Around the age of 8, Wilcox turned to writing poetry as an outlet. When she was 13 years old, her first poem was published. After losing her subscription to The New York Mercury, and being unable to afford to resubscribe, Wilcox thought that if she could get a piece of literature published, she would at least receive a copy of the paper wherein