Virtue is its Own Reward

By Margaret Fishback

I wish my frank and open face

Held just one tiny little trace

Of something that approaches guile.

I'd like an enigmatic smile

And heavy-lidded eyes instead

Of just a regulation head.

Copyright Credit: Margaret Fishback, "Virtue is its Own Reward" from I Feel Better Now. Copyright © 1932 by Margaret Fishback. Reprinted by permission of Anthony Antolini.

Source: I Feel Better Now (E. P. Dutton, 1932)