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The Kingdom of Love
Contents:
Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you:
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth
Must borrow its mirth,
It has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound
To a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure
Of all your pleasure,
But they do not want your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all;
There are none to decline
Your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by;
Succeed and give,
And it helps you live,
But it cannot help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train;
But one by one
We must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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Chicago: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "Solitude," The Kingdom of Love, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in The Kingdom of Love (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LC3J6GNANUHEZZD.
MLA: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. "Solitude." The Kingdom of Love, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in The Kingdom of Love, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LC3J6GNANUHEZZD.
Harvard: Wilcox, EW, 'Solitude' in The Kingdom of Love, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, The Kingdom of Love, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LC3J6GNANUHEZZD.
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