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THE PICKERING MANUSCRIPT


The Smile


There is a Smile of Love, 1
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 Hate, 5
And there is a Frown of Disdain,
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain,


For it sticks in the Heart's deep core 9
And it sticks in the deep Back-bone—
And no Smile that ever was smil'd.
But only one Smile alone,


That betwixt the Cradle & Grave 13
It only once Smil'd can be;
And, when it once is Smil'd,
There's an end to all Misery.


Pickering MS. p. 1. DGR and all edd. except Shep. entitle 'Smile and Frown.'

4. these] the DGR.11-16 And . . . Misery] DGR, followed by WMR and EY, evade the anacoluthon by reading:

'And no smile ever was smiled
But only one smile alone


'(And betwixt the cradle and grave
It only once smiled can be),
That when it once is smiled
There's an end to all misery.'

WBY, with less violence, adopts DGR's reading of l. 11, omits the round brackets, and retains the 'And' in l. 15.12 Cp. 'The Crystal Cabinet,' l. 17.