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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Poet: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem: Earthly Pride
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