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. The Birth of the Opal
2. The Breaking of Chains
3. My Vision
4. At the Hop
5. Two Junes

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