The Pessimist

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The pessimist locust, last to leaf,
Though all the world is glad, still talks of grief.



Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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The Farewell

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Thu 05.26.2011 at 07:16

'Tis not the untried soldier new to danger
Who fears to enter into active strife.

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A Leaf

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Fri 05.06.2011 at 01:52

Somebody said, in the crowd, last eve,
That you were married, or soon to be.
I have not thought of you, I believe,

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The Birth Of The Opal

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Tue 05.03.2011 at 19:42

The Sunbeam loved the Moonbeam,
And followed her low and high,
But Moonbeam fled and hid her head,
She was so shy ? so shy.

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Daft

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Wed 04.13.2011 at 19:30

In the warm yellow smile of the morning,
She stands at the lattice pane,
And watches the strong young binders

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Sorry

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Wed 04.13.2011 at 07:47

There is much in life that makes me sorry as I journey
down life?s way.
And I seem to see more pathos in poor human

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Over The Alley

uswritten by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published on Thu 04.07.2011 at 04:18

Here in my office I sit and write
Hour on hour, and day on day,
With no one to speak to from morn till night,

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