THE SMILES OF TRUTH
Oh, give to me the simple heartWhere there is meaning in its smile,—The heart that proves ’twould do me goodWithout a thought of fraud or guile.Those are the smiles that glad my soul’Bove all glad things on earth I know;They give me faith in friendship yet,When all the world seems false in show.Oh, give to me the simple heartWhose smiles have depth without an end,—Those are the smiles that beam from GodAnd make our souls to heaven tend.
Oh, give to me the simple heartWhere there is meaning in its smile,—The heart that proves ’twould do me goodWithout a thought of fraud or guile.Those are the smiles that glad my soul’Bove all glad things on earth I know;They give me faith in friendship yet,When all the world seems false in show.Oh, give to me the simple heartWhose smiles have depth without an end,—Those are the smiles that beam from GodAnd make our souls to heaven tend.
Oh, give to me the simple heartWhere there is meaning in its smile,—The heart that proves ’twould do me goodWithout a thought of fraud or guile.
Oh, give to me the simple heart
Where there is meaning in its smile,—
The heart that proves ’twould do me good
Without a thought of fraud or guile.
Those are the smiles that glad my soul’Bove all glad things on earth I know;They give me faith in friendship yet,When all the world seems false in show.
Those are the smiles that glad my soul
’Bove all glad things on earth I know;
They give me faith in friendship yet,
When all the world seems false in show.
Oh, give to me the simple heartWhose smiles have depth without an end,—Those are the smiles that beam from GodAnd make our souls to heaven tend.
Oh, give to me the simple heart
Whose smiles have depth without an end,—
Those are the smiles that beam from God
And make our souls to heaven tend.