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THE PESSIMIST by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PESSIMIST LOCUST, LAST TO LEAF
Last Line: THOUGH ALL THE WORLD IS GLAD, STILL TALKS OF GRIEF.
Subject(s): LOCUST TREES; PESSIMISM;

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



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