TODAY

TODAY
Today ,whatever may annoy,
The word for me is joy,
just simple joy:
The joy of life;
The joy of children and of wife;
The joy of bright,blue skies;
The joy of rain;the glad surprise
Of twinkling stars that shine at night;
The joy of winged things upon
their flight;
The joy of noonday,and the tried
True joyousness of eventide;
The joy of labor,and of mirth;
The joy of air,and sea,and earth--
The countless joys that
ever floe from him
Whose vast beneficence
doth dim
That lustrous light of day,
And lavish gifts divine
up on our way.