Ella Wilcox
Ella Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcoxwas 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". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth5 November 1850
attainment direction hinder seeking skill willing work
If you are seeking health, wealth, usefulness, skill in any direction, there is nothing and no one who can hinder your attainment of the coveted boon, if you are willing to work and wait.
gifts lies pleasure taking
For here lies the pleasure of living:In taking God's bounties, and givingThe gifts back again.
love sorrows souls waters
Our souls should be vessels receivingThe waters of love for relievingThe sorrows of men.
ask lean strength thyself until
Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried;Then ask God's help; it will not be denied.