A SMILING PARADOX
Reading edition
Good nature or ill is like the loaves and fishes. The more we give away, the more we have.
I've squandered smiles to-day, And, strange to say, Altho' my frowns with care I've stowed away, To-night I'm poorer far in frowns than at the start; While in my heart, Wherein my treasures best I store, I find my smiles increased by several score.
John Kendrick Bangs.
From "Songs of Cheer."