HAPPY FACES!
I
Happy faces! happy faces!
On your beauty let me gaze;
May the foe to other graces
Spare the charm I love to praise.
Age may trace the deepest wrinkle,
Yet no frown he may impart;
Time the chilling snow may sprinkle
O'er the head, yet spare the heart
Happy faces! Happy faces! &c.
II
Happy faces! happy faces!
Some will say you wither fast;
But I'll tell how your graces
May through life be made to last.
If another ne'er was wounded
When in thoughtless mirth you smil'd,
Then old age, by friends surrounded,
May be cheerful as a child.
Happy faces! Happy faces! &c.
