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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.
Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.
Joys
Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too.
- Philip James Bailey, Festus
Joys
Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too.
- Philip James Bailey, Festus
An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.
Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.
A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow
Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will read more
Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.
