| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | The Pickering MS. | | The Smile |
| | | 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. | |
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| And there is a frown of hate, | 5 |
| And there is a frown of disdain, | |
| And there is a frown of frowns | |
| Which you strive to forget in vain, | |
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| For it sticks in the heart’s deep core | |
| And it sticks in the deep backbone— | 10 |
| And no smile that ever was smil’d, | |
| But only one smile alone, | |
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| That betwixt the cradle and grave | |
| It only once smil’d can be; | |
| And, when it once is smil’d, | 15 |
| There’s an end to all misery. | | | | |
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