YOUR smiles are not, as other women's be, Only the drawing of the mouth awry; For breasts and cheeks and forehead may we see, Parts wanting motion, all stand smiling by: Heaven hath no mouth, and yet is said to smile After your style: No more hath earth, yet that smiles too, Just as you do. No simpering lips nor looks can breed Such smiles as from your face proceed: The sun must lend his golden beams, Soft winds their breath, green trees their shade, Sweet fields their flowers, clear springs their streams, Ere such another smile be made: But these concurring, we may say "So smiles the spring and so smiles lovely May." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOLIATH AND DAVID by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK AIRLY BEACON by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE WHITE HOUSE by CLAUDE MCKAY GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR SAINT AGNES' EVE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE RAINBOW [IN THE SKY] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |