Ella Wheeler Wilcox 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... Wikipedia
Born: November 5, 1850, Johnstown, WI
Died: October 30, 1919 (age 68 years), Short Beach, Branford, CT
Spouse: Robert Wilcox (m. 1884–1916)