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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMILE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Like a bread without the spreadin' Last Line: "jes' smile, an' smile, an' smile !" Subject(s): Smiles | |||
Like a bread without the spreadin', Like a puddin' without sauce, Like a mattress without beddin', Like a cart without a hoss, Like a door without a latchstring, Like a fence without a stile, Like a dry an' barren creek bed -- Is the face without a smile. Like a house without a dooryard, Like a yard without a flower, Like a clock without a mainspring, That will never tell the hour; A thing that sort o' makes yo' feel A hunger all the while -- Oh, the saddest sight that ever was Is a face without a smile! The face of man was built for smiles, An' thereby he is blest Above the critters of the field, The birds an' all the rest; He's just a little lower Than the angels in the skies, An' the reason is that he can smile; Therein his glory lies! So smile an' don't forgit to smile, An' smile, an' smile ag'in; 'Twill help you all along the way, An' cheer you mile by mile; An' so, whatever is your lot, Jes' smile, an' smile, an' smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANGEL'S WHISPER by SAMUEL LOVER SONG OF THREE SMILES by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN COMPENSATIONS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER MEARY'S SMILE by WILLIAM BARNES THE LAUGHING WOMAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET LOVE IN EXILE 2: 4 by MATHILDE BLIND TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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