A SMILE, a smile, my darling! After the weeks of pain; The restless eye, the shaded brow Lit with a welcome brightness now— The first sweet smile again! A smile, a smile, my darling! Not many days ago We hailed the first fair snowdrop, white, Pale and sweet in the early light, After the frost and snow. More welcome than the snowdrop, More gladdening than the sun, The pale sweet smile that dawned at last, Although so faint, and fleeting fast, Although the only one. We hail it as the herald Of sunny summer days, Of blessings for our darling boy, Of peaceful love, and thankful joy, And fuller note of praise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A FLY DRINKING FROM HIS CUP by WILLIAM OLDYS UP-HILL by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI FRATER AVE ATQUE VALE by ALFRED TENNYSON A DREAM OF DEATH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE COLD WAVE OF 32 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS CHINA 1937 by LAURA FRANCES ALEXANDER ON THE STATUE OF AN ANGEL, BY BIENAIME by WASHINGTON ALLSTON |