Happiness is silent, or speaks equivocally for friends,
Grief is explicit and her song never ends,
Happiness is like England, and will not state a case,
Grief, like Guilt, rushes in and talks apace.

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Poet: Stevie Smith
Poem: Happiness
Volume: Mother, What is Man?
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Jul 30 2003
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