Joyous

Famous quotes containing the word joyous:

    If a joyous elephant should break forth into song, his lay would probably be very much like Whitman’s famous “Song of Myself.” It would have just about as much delicacy and deftness and discrimination.
    Willa Cather (1873–1947)

    Come, blessed barrier between day and day,
    Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    In spite of all the learned have said,
    I still my old opinion keep;
    The posture, that we give the dead,
    Points out the soul’s eternal sleep.
    Not so the ancients of these lands—
    The Indian, when from life released,
    Again is seated with his friends,
    And shares again the joyous feast.
    Philip Freneau (1752–1832)