Laughing and Sneering

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WHAT tho' the world does me ill turns
  And cares my life environ;
I’d sooner laugh with Bobbie Burns
  Than sneer with titl'd Byron.

The smile has always been the best;
  ’Tis stronger than the frown, sirs:
And Venus smiled the waves to rest;
  She didn’t sneer them down, sirs.

© Henry Lawson