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It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
Author
Poet
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Janesville
Wisconsin
Hope
Worn
Light
Ruins
Seems
Begin
Years
Late
Never
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Gilding
Life
Face
Hurled
World
Though
Rebuilding
Faces
Bruised

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