Oh, what a happy soul I am,
although I cannot see!
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.
How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don’t,
To weep and sigh because I’m blind
I cannot, and I won’t!
These words are not just iconic for being the very first of one of America’s best poets, it is the written resolve of a blind girl to stay content and happy.
Apparently, growing up neither changed her resolve nor dampened her spirit.
