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.

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.