Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLADNESS, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: The world has brought not anything Last Line: My heart is clothed in mirth. Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
THE world has brought not anything To make me glad to-day! The swallow had a broken wing, And after all my journeying There was no water in the spring, -- My friend has said me nay. But yet somehow I needs must sing As on a luckier day. Dusk falls as gray as any tear, There is no hope in sight! But something in me seems so fair, That like a star I needs must wear A safety made of shining air Between me and the night. Such inner weavings do I wear All fashioned of delight! I need not for these robes of mine The loveliness of earth, But happenings remote and fine Like threads of dreams will blow and shine In gossamer and crystalline, And I was glad from birth. So even while my eyes repine, My heart is clothed in mirth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 2. HER HANDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |
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