I feel in every smile a chain.

I feel in every smile a chain.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away;
A single laugh demolished the right arm
Of his own country;--seldom since read more

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away;
A single laugh demolished the right arm
Of his own country;--seldom since that day
Has Spain had heroes.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.

A smile that glow'd
Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

A smile that glow'd
Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

From thy own smile I snatched the snake.

From thy own smile I snatched the snake.