smilin'ly

Updated: May 6, 2025

"And up through the cloudless blue overhead I believe an angel looks down smilin'ly and lovin'ly on what has been done, and what is a-doin' now that youth whose tender heart, while he walked with man, wuz so tender and compassionate to the poor, and so wise to help 'em." The Governor showed plain in his good-lookin' face how deeply he felt what I said, and I hastened to add

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair