THE WORLD'S NEED

by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850?-1919)

      O many gods, so many creeds,
      So many paths that wind and wind,
      While just the art of being kind
      Is all the sad world needs.

"The World's Need" is reprinted from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900. Ed. Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915.

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