Earthly Pride Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Earthly Pride

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How baseless is the mightiest earthly pride,
The diamond is but charcoal purified,
The lordliest pearl that decks a monarch’s breast
Is but an insect’s sepulchre at best.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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Shaun Cronick 30 April 2020

Ella explaining all the truths of materialism.

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Johnstown Center / Rock County / Wisconsin
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