The Smile
William Blake
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
Frown
Which you strive to forget in vain
For it sticks in the Hearts
deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone
And no Smile that ever was
smild
But only one Smile alone
The betwixt the Cradle & Grave
It
only once Smild can be
But when it once is Smild
Theres an end to all
Misery
William Blake
From the Pickering Manuscript,
circa 1803
William Blake (1757-1827), British poet, artist, engraver, non-conformist visionary, published his most popular collection, Songs of Innocence, in 1789, followed by Songs of Experience in 1794.