Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Nov. 5, 1850 - Oct. 30, 1919

 

The Pessimist

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The pessimistic locust, last to leaf,
Though all the world is glad, still talks of grief.

Source:

Custer And Other Poems
Copyright 1896
W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago