Living
Life's Opera
From Poems of Sentiment (1909)
Living
Like an opera-house is the world, I ween,
Where the passionate lover of music is seen
In the balcony near the roof:
While the very best seat in the first stage-box
Is filled by the person who laughs and talks
Through the harmony’s warp and woof.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Life's Opera.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/680/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Life's Opera.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/680/.
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