HAPPINESS.
Happiness is of the heart, and it is the mind that gives its tone and colouring to nature.
THERE is a spell in every flower—A sweetness in each spray, And every simple bird has power To please me with its lay!
American Female Poets [an electronic edition]
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- American Female Poets [an electronic edition]
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- May, Caroline, b. ca. 1820
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- Philadelphia, Penn.: Lindsay and Blakiston
- 1853
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"American Female Poets [an electronic edition]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE7433.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
Pages
Page 351
And there is music on each breeze That sports along the glade; The crystal dew-drops on the trees Are gems, by Fancy made.
There's gladness too in every thing, And beauty over all, For everywhere comes on, with Spring, A charm which cannot pall!
And I! — my heart is full of joy, And gratitude is there, That He, who might my life destroy, Has yet vouchsafed to spare.
The friends I once condemn'd are now Affectionate and true; I wept a pledged one's broken vow — But he proves faithful too.
And now there is a happiness In every thing I see, Which bids my soul rise up and bless The God who blesses me.