Oh, our hearts are aglow with contentment That impregnates our top-lofty flat, Where life has a joyous presentment— From the cook to the overfed cat; Though lately we shuddered with terror, And chills at the heat's long delay, The landlord has repented of error, And there 's heat in the steam-pipes to-day! So lift up your voice and be joyous, For the north wind is robbed of its bite, And the cold draughts that used to annoy us Are zephyrs of balmy delight. No more will the tremors of freezing Our underclad weakness betray; Away with chilled ankles and sneezing, For there 's heat in the steam-pipes to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESTRANGEMENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOVE'S MIRACLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |