Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Time loves a new lay; and the dirge he is pla

Time loves a new lay; and the dirge he is playing
Will change for you soon to a livelier strain.

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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. Poems of Pleasure, W. B. Conkey Company, 1888.

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About the Author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Born: November 5, 1850
Died: October 30, 1919
Nationality: American
Profession: Author, Poet

Biography

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her works include Poems of Passion and 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.

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