4 Metaphors for rejoicing

"Despair," says Donne, "is the damp of hell; rejoicing is the serenity of heaven.

My work is done; rejoice, for you will be The fairest of your sisters in the land.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven.

As he passed me last night in his carriage of State, while the music pealed in rich rejoicing strains, that solemn chant with which the monks break upon the revellers, in "Lucrezia Borgia," came into my mind: "La gioja del profani 'E un fumo passagier'" [the rejoicing of the profane is a transitory mist.]

4 Metaphors for  rejoicing