<h2><SPAN name="poem36"></SPAN>SMILES</h2>
<p class="poetry">Smile a little, smile a little,<br/>
As you go along,<br/>
Not alone when life is pleasant,<br/>
But when things go wrong.<br/>
Care delights to see you frowning,<br/>
Loves to hear you sigh;<br/>
Turn a smiling face upon her—<br/>
Quick the dame will fly.</p>
<p class="poetry">Smile a little, smile a little,<br/>
All along the road;<br/>
Every life must have its burden,<br/>
Every heart its load.<br/>
Why sit down in gloom and darkness<br/>
With your grief to sup?<br/>
As you drink Fate’s bitter tonic,<br/>
Smile across the cup.</p>
<p class="poetry">Smile upon the troubled pilgrims<br/>
Whom you pass and meet;<br/>
Frowns are thorns, and smiles are blossoms<br/>
Oft for weary feet.<br/>
Do not make the way seem harder<br/>
By a sullen face;<br/>
Smile a little, smile a little,<br/>
Brighten up the place.</p>
<p class="poetry">Smile upon your undone labour;<br/>
Not for one who grieves<br/>
O’er his task waits wealth or glory;<br/>
He who smiles achieves.<br/>
Though you meet with loss and sorrow<br/>
In the passing years,<br/>
Smile a little, smile a little,<br/>
Even through your tears.</p>
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