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While forced to dwell apart from thy dear face, Love, robed like sorrow, led me by the hand And taught my doubting heart to understand That which has puzzled all the human race.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
Author
Poet
Writer
Janesville
Wisconsin
Doubt
Doubting
Humans
Puzzled
Heart
Hand
Dwell
Love
Race
Forced
Like
Face
Apart
Faces
Dear
Understand
Sorrow
Hands
Taught
Robed
Human

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