Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс)

Earthly Pride

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.

1. Helen of Troy
2. The Birth of the Orchid
3. The Phantom Ball
4. At Eleusis
5. The Black Charger

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