Smile

It pays to wear a smiling face,

     Whatever else you do;

Whatever be your stormy place

     A smile will pull you through.

Where e’er you go you’re sure to find

     Some lone heart to beguile;

So kindly keep this in your mind:

     To smile, smile, smile.

A smile may change a Nation’s fate,

     May save a human life;

A smile may alter love from hate,

     May calm a bloody strife.

A smile, a simple thing to give,

     Just try it for a while,

And mark my word, as long as you live

     You’ll smile, smile, smile.

Jan. 6, 1901