Amy Lowell Happiness Poems

  • 1.
    What instinct forces man to journey on,
    Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
    Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
    His never failing eagerness. The sun
    ...
  • 2.
    Two years had made Christine a woman grown,
    With dignity and gently certain pride.
    But all her childhood fancies had not flown,
    Her thoughts in lovely dreamings seemed to glide.
    ...
  • 3.
    Frau Altgelt waited in the chilly street,
    Hustled by lackeys who ran up and down
    Shouting their coachmen's names; forced to retreat
    A pace or two by lurching chairmen; thrown
    ...
  • 4.
    Eunice lay long awake in the cool night
    After her husband slept. She gazed with joy
    Into the shadows, painting them with bright
    Pictures of all her future life's employ.
    ...
  • 5.
    Happiness, to some, elation;
    Is, to others, mere stagnation.
    Days of passive somnolence,
    At its wildest, indolence.
    ...
  • 6.
    Be not angry with me that I bear
    Your colours everywhere,
    All through each crowded street,
    And meet
    ...
  • 7.
    High up above the open, welcoming door
    It hangs, a piece of wood with colours dim.
    Once, long ago, it was a waving tree
    And knew the sun and shadow through the leaves
    ...
Total 7 Happiness Poems by Amy Lowell

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