Today, whatever may annoy, The word for me is Joy, just simple joy: The joy of life; The joy of children and of wife; The joy of bright, blue skies; The joy of rain; the glad surprise Of twinkling stars that shine at night; The joy of winged things upon their flight; The joy of noonday, and the tried True joyousness of eventide; The joy of labor, and of mirth; The joy of air, and sea, and earth -- The countless joys that ever flow from Him Whose vast beneficence doth dim The lustrous light of day, And lavish gifts divine upon our way. Whate'er there be of Sorrow I'll put off till Tomorrow, And when Tomorrow comes, why then 'Twill be Today and Joy again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAY - . by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER PSALM 136 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE ELEGY: 9. THE AUTUMNAL [BEAUTY] by JOHN DONNE THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD by SAMUEL ROGERS THE MARSEILLAISE by CLAUDE JOSEPH ROUGET DE LISLE TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS HOOD by BARTHOLOMEW SIMMONS |