Earthly Pride in  General   

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.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Other poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

• "It Might Have Been"
• A Baby In The House
• A Fallen Leaf
• A Golden Day
• A Grey Mood
• A Holiday
• A Leaf
• A Maiden To Her Mirror
• A March Snow
• A Marine Etching
• A Song Of Life
• A Suggestion
• A trusting little leaf of green,
• A Waif
• A Waltz-Quadrille
• A yacht from its harbour ropes pulled free,
• Ad Finum
• Advice
• After the Engagement
• All Roads That Lead To God Are Good
• All That Love Asks
• An Answer
• An Empty Crib
• An Inspiration
• An Old Man To His Sleeping Young Bride
• Angel Or Demon
• Answered
• Answered Prayers
• Are you Loving Enough?
• Arise
• Art And Love
• As You Go Through Life
• At an Old Drawer
• At Bay
• At The Hop
• At The Window
• Attraction
• Be Not Weary
• Begin The Day
• Beppo
• Beyond
• Bird Of Hope
• Bohemia
• By-And-Bye
• Carlos
• Change
• Christ Crucified
• Christmas Fancies
• Coleur de Rose
• Communism
• Completion
• Contentment
• Contrasts
• Conversion
• Custer
• Daft
• Delilah
• Denied
• Desolation
• Does It Pay?
• Earthly Pride
• Fading
• Fame
• Father
• Finis
• Fleeing Away
• Foes
• Friendship After Love
• Go Plant a Tree
• Going Away
• Guerdon
• Here And Now
• High Noon
• I Am
• I Love You
• I Told You
• I Will Be Worthy Of It
• If
• Impatience
• In Faith
• In The Garden
• In the Long Run
• Independence Ode
• Individuality
• Inspiration
• Introductory Verses
• It All Will Come Out Right
• Joy
• Kingdom of Love
• Last Love
• Lay It Away
• Life
• Life Is A Privilege
• Limitless
• Lines from
• Listen!
• Little Queen
• Lost
• Love
• Love is Enough
• Love Much
• Love Song
• Love Thyself Last
• Love Will Wane
• Momus, God Of Laughter
• Moon And Sea
• Morning Prayer
• Music In The Flat
• My Comrade
• My Home
• My Ships
• My Vision
• New And Old
• Noblesse Oblige
• Not Quite The Same
• Old And New
• Old Times
• One Of Us Two
• Only A Slight Flirtation
• Only Dreams
• Our Blessings
• Over The Alley
• Over the Banisters
• Pardoned Out
• Penalty
• Perished
• Philosophy
• Platonic
• Possession
• Poverty And Wealth
• Preaching Vs Practice
• Preparation
• Presumption
• Progress
• Realisation
• Recompense
• Refuted
• Resolve
• Reunited
• River And Sea
• Searching
• Sestina
• Settle The Question Right
• Sing To Me
• Smiles
• Smoke
• So Long In Coming
• Song Of The Spirit
• Sorry
• Thanksgiving