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Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)

Book by Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 4 quotes · Soul, Heart, Life

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“Let mine not be that saddest fate of all To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall... "She lives, but all her usefulness is past."”

“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 some living hero To whom all bend the knee, My muse would raise her song of praise - But for the man to be.”