Nature Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

11 Nature quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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When the world feels big, Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s handful of nature verses can feel like a quiet breath. These eleven lines capture her lyrical way of seeing trees, skies, and seasons, giving a concise taste of her love for the wild.

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“In time the earth will be inhabited by almost god-like beings who shall analyze and discuss the remnants of humanity as we…

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And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

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Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone; For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But…

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The two kinds of people on earth are the people who lift and the people who lean.

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Laugh, and the world laughs with you: Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But…

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Between the finite and the infinite The missing link of Love has left a void. Supply the link, and earth with Heaven…

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Love is the only thing that pays for birth, Or makes death welcome. Oh, dear God above This beautiful but sad, perplexing…

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In the long run all love is paid by love, Though undervalued by the hosts of earth; The great eternal Government above…

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It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who…

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“ Two Kinds of People There are two kinds of people on earth today, Two kinds of people no more I say.…

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“I hold it true that thoughts are things Endowed with bodies, breath, and wings, And that we send them forth to fill…

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“Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.”

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Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

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Back on its golden hinges The gate of Memory swings, And my heart goes into the garden And walks with the olden things.

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All perfect things are saddening in effect. The autumn wood robed in its scarlet clothes, The matchless tinting on the royal rose Whose velvet…

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Content is not the pathway to great deeds.

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Don't anticipate the happiness of tomorrow. Discover it today.

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“And yet I would not be a child again. For surely as the night succeeds the day, So surely will their mirth turn into…

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Day's sweetest moments are at dawn.

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Oh! not for the great departed, Who formed our country's laws, And not for the bravest-hearted, Who died in freedom's cause, And not for…

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