Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY HAPPINESS, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON



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First Line: I hear you singing happily
Last Line: Like the falling of a leaf.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


What is happiness to me?
Fragile, tiny, furtive things,
Gossamers, with fairy wings
Held with my heart a breath,
Just a memory, until death.

What is happiness, who knows?
Whence it comes and where it goes,
Just a whispering, so brief,
Like the falling of a leaf.





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