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EARTHLY PRIDE by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW BASELESS IS THE MIGHTIEST EARTHLY PRIDE
Last Line: IS BUT AN INSECT'S SEPULCHRE AT BEST.
Subject(s): PRIDE; SELF-ESTEEM; SELF-RESPECT;
HOW baseless is the mightiest earthly pride.
The diamond is but charcoal purified,
The lordliest pearl that decks a monarch's breast
Is but an insect's sepulchre at best.



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