Life, Poem 4: Rouge Gagne
by Emily Dickinson
from The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series One
'T is so much joy!
The Happiness Collection
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
― Anne Frank
What makes you happy? How can happiness be found? You may find some answers here! Addressing love, nature, and beauty, these passages provide a variety of reflections on happiness, its absence, and its pursuit.
Passages
“The Little New Year”
by Ellen Robena Field
from Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
Maurice is visited by the little New Year and his cart of gifts. He shows Maurice the wonders of giving to others and the happiness that it brings.
Sonnet 28
by William Shakespeare
from The Sonnets
How can I then return in happy plight
"Life"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
from Lyrics of Lowly Life
"A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,"
To Dan
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
"Step me now a bridal measure,"
Act 2, Scene 6
by William Shakespeare
from Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence counsels Romeo as they await Juliet's arrival.
Nature, Poem 33: Simplicity
by Emily Dickinson
from The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
How happy is the little stone
A Good Boy
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
A child behaves all day and has good dreams.
The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
A child enjoys playing on a swing.
“The Brown Thrush”
by Lucy Larcom
from Selected American and British Poems
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
Dreams
by Edgar Allan Poe
from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
"Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!"
The Way To Be Happy
by Ann and Jane Taylor
from Selected American and British Poems
A poem/nursery rhyme about the rewards of good behavior.