Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection ''Poems of Passion'' and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, ''The Worlds and I'', was published in 1918, a year before her death. Provided by Wikipedia