A KIND WORD, A SMILE, OR A KISS.
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There's a word, softly spoken, which leadeth The erring from darkness and night; There's an effortless action that sheddeth A sun-world of gladdening light; There's a sweet something-nothing which bringeth A fore-taste of Paradise bliss: Full and large is the love that up-springeth From kind words, a smile, or a kiss.
Eyes a-plenty with tears have been blinded, Hearts legion in sadness have bled, And many of earth's angel-minded In grief have gone down to the dead, And the world, with its bright laughing gladness, Oft changed to a frowning abyss, By vain mortals refusing, in madness, A kind word, a smile, or a kiss.