Living
Our Souls
From Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels (1913)
Living
Our souls should be vessels receiving
The waters of love for relieving
The sorrows of men.
For here lies the pleasure of living:
In taking God's bounties, and giving
The gifts back again.
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MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Our Souls.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/323/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Our Souls.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/323/.
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