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THE SMILE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a smile of love
Last Line: There's an end to all misery.
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Smiles


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 Smil'd,
There's an end to all Misery.






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