Living
The Pessimist
From Custer, and Other Poems (1896)
Living
The pessimistic locust, last to leaf,
Though all the world is glad, still talks of grief.
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MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The Pessimist.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/233/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The Pessimist.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/233/.
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