Canonical poem · POEM-000365

Laughing and Sneering

Henry Lawson · 1889

What though the world does me ill turns And cares my life environ;I'd sooner laugh with Bobbie Burns Than sneer with titled 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.