A Happy Heart

The bells ring out, the day is new,
The sky is bright, the sun shines through.
My heart is light, my spirit free,
And full of joy and ecstasy.
Oh, happy world, and happy heart,
From sorrow now I shall depart.
I’ll find my joy upon the shore,
And rest my head forevermore.

About William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

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