Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.

Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.

From thy own smile I snatched the snake.

From thy own smile I snatched the snake.

The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps--does
anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is read more

The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps--does
anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a
young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a
vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the
dream of a dew-washed morning.

There is a snake in thy smile, my dear,
And bitter poison within thy tear.

There is a snake in thy smile, my dear,
And bitter poison within thy tear.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

I feel in every smile a chain.

I feel in every smile a chain.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

For smiles from reason flow
To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.

For smiles from reason flow
To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.