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