Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 - October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was "Poems of Passion." Her most enduring work was "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. (Wikipedia)