Living
The World's Need
From Custer, and Other Poems (1896)
Living
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind,
Is all the sad world needs.
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MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The World's Need.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/186/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The World's Need.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/186/.
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