Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.

Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

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

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?

On a March clothesline
.. transparent icicles in a row
in the bright sun
they drip and glow
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On a March clothesline
.. transparent icicles in a row
in the bright sun
they drip and glow
Marks of exclamation !!!!!!!!!!
a sentence of joyful exclamation !!!!!!!!

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.