Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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. Conquest
2. The Barbarous Chief
3. The Birth of the Opal
4. Praise Day
5. Bleak Weather

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