Vignette-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poems of pleasure poured from a heart,
Verses laced with profound emotion.
Embellished the pages with titillating titles,
Expressing sincere sentiments,
Plainly written...from a passionate soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850–October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known
work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the
world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone".
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For Brian's, "A LITERARY LOVE AFFAIR" Contest
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