Living
A Date with Joy
From Oklahoma Sunshine (1905)
Living
When Sorrow stops and hails you,
Your pleasures to destroy,
Just tell him, "Something ails you!
I've got a date with Joy!"
"The roads are good for travel,--
You'd better go away;
Just hit the flying gravel,
For Joy is here today!"
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MLA
Miller, Freeman E. “A Date with Joy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/234/.
Chicago
Miller, Freeman E. “A Date with Joy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/234/.
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