THE SMILE OF INNOCENCE.
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And there's a smile on Nature's face,
When Evening spreads her shades around;
A pensive smile when twinkling stars
Are glimmering through the vast profound.
When Evening spreads her shades around;
A pensive smile when twinkling stars
Are glimmering through the vast profound.
But there's a smile, 'tis sweeter still,
'Tis one far dearer to my soul;
It is a smile which angels might
Upon their brightest list enroll.
'Tis one far dearer to my soul;
It is a smile which angels might
Upon their brightest list enroll.
It is the smile of innocence,
Of sleeping infancy's light dream;
Like lightning on a summer's eve,
It sheds a soft and pensive gleam.
Of sleeping infancy's light dream;
Like lightning on a summer's eve,
It sheds a soft and pensive gleam.
It dances round the dimpled cheek,
And tells of happiness within;
It smiles what it can never speak,—
A human heart devoid of sin.
And tells of happiness within;
It smiles what it can never speak,—
A human heart devoid of sin.
