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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Laugh, and the...

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Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.

Source: Solitude, st. 1.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (Nov 5 1850-1919), US writer, poet, journalist; She wrote 40 volumes of sentimental verse including Solitude.


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