Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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• Giving
• Prayer
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• All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Hope
  • Giving
  • Prayer