Let’s not forget Carl Sandberg, h/t a thoughtful reader:

HAPPINESS

I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness.

And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men.

They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them.

And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplains River

And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordian.