Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Our lives are songs; God writes the words And we set them to music at pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad

Our lives are songs; God writes the words And we set them to music at pleasure; — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Our lives are songs; God writes the words And we set them to music at pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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