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THERE'S A CHARM.
There's a charm too often wanted,
There's a power not understood;—
Seeds spring upward as they're planted,
Or for evil, or for good!
We forget that charm beguiling—
Which the voice of sorrow drowns—
Smiles can oft elicit smiling!
Frowning can engender frowns!
There's a power not understood;—
Seeds spring upward as they're planted,
Or for evil, or for good!
We forget that charm beguiling—
Which the voice of sorrow drowns—
Smiles can oft elicit smiling!
Frowning can engender frowns!
There's a temper quick in sowing
Care, and grief, and discontent;
Ever first and last in showing
More in words than language meant:
Ever restless in its nature
Until sorrows set their seal
On each pale and fretful feature,
And the hidden depth reveal.
Care, and grief, and discontent;
Ever first and last in showing
More in words than language meant:
Ever restless in its nature
Until sorrows set their seal
On each pale and fretful feature,
And the hidden depth reveal.
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If a smile engender smiling,
If a frown produce a frown,
If our lip—the truth defiling—
Can the rose of life cast down:
Let us learn, ere grief hath bound us,
Useless anger to forego:
And bring smiles, like flowers around us,
From which other smiles may grow.
If a frown produce a frown,
If our lip—the truth defiling—
Can the rose of life cast down:
Let us learn, ere grief hath bound us,
Useless anger to forego:
And bring smiles, like flowers around us,
From which other smiles may grow.
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