“Solitude” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
From the “I Wish I’d Written That Department,” here is a poem for the times. Solitudeby Ella Wheeler Wilcox Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.Sing, and the hills will answer;Sigh, it is lost on the air.The