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.
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.