Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wilcox in 1915
Born	(1850-11-05)November 5, 1850 Johnstown, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	October 30, 1919(1919-10-30) (aged 68) Short Beach, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Author, poet
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.