The Smile

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The Smile

 

 

There is a Smile of Love

And there is a Smile of Deceit

And there is a Smile of Smiles

In which these two Smiles meet.

 

And there is a Frown of Hate

And there is a Frown of disdain

And there is a Frown of Frowns

Which you strive to forget in vain.

 

For it sticks in the Heart's deep Core

And it sticks in the deep Back bone.

And no Smile that ever was smil'd

But only one Smile alone.

 

That betwixt the Cradle and Grave

It only once Smil'd can be,

But when it once is Smile'd

There's an end to all Misery.

 

William Blake

 

 

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