This is just one of my favorite things
There is a Smile of Love,
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,
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
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
It only once Smil'd can be;
But, when it once is Smil'd
There's an end to all Misery.
William Blake
Regando lentarmente as flores do riso,
vou já de neve em neve e lume em lume,
contornando a nordeste o paraíso
em terrenos de pedras ou de estrume,
com pequenas palavras na algibeira
das calças que mantenho ainda frias
da presença dos lares à minha beira.
E meto mãos e dentes nas vazias
flanelas limpas para o flanar antigo,
marcho directo e escasso, colocando
os pés azadamente.
Não persigo
ventos ou cores: sou pedro, zé, fernando,
nomes comuns, impróprios, que desdigo