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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POETICAL HAPPINESS, by AGNES STRICKLAND Poet's Biography First Line: There is a fountain, to whose flowery side Last Line: Through the wide wilderness with empty urns! Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | |||
There is a fountain, to whose flowery side By diverse ways the children of the earth Turn day and night athirst, to measure forth Its sweet pure waters -- health, and wealth, and pride, Power clad in arms, and wisdom Argus-eyed. But one apart from all is seen to stand, And take up in the hollow of his hand What to their golden vessels is denied; Baffling their utmost reach. He, born and nursed In the glad sound and freshness of that place, Drinks momently its dews, and feels no thirst: While from his bowered grot, or sunny space, He sorrows for that troop, as it returns Through the wide wilderness with empty urns! | 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 THE BUTTERFLY'S FIRST FLIGHT by AGNES STRICKLAND |
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