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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAPPINESS, by ALICE BOOTH DAY
First Line: Happiness lives in the house next door
Last Line: She was baking an apple pie.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight
First Line: Happiness lives in the house next door
Last Line: She was baking an apple pie.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight
Happiness lives in the house next door
And she wears the simplest gowns;
Nobody noticed her yesterday
When she ironed out all the frowns.
There's a laugh in her throat when things go wrong,
And she sings wherever she goes,
But nobody thinks of her because
She wears such common clothes.
Poets have sung of her sister, Joy --
She's a lady of high degree;
She wears white robes and a rope of pearls
And she has such dignity!
When the poet passed with his sheaf of song,
This is Happiness' alibi:
She wasn't out on the street that day --
She was baking an apple pie.
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