Yes, "beguiling" and "smiling" do rhyme. Both words end with the "-il-ing" sound, creating a rhyming pair.
filing, whiling, beguiling, smiling, piling, riling, styling, tiling, reviling
I am not convinced despite your beguiling argument.
The Beguiling of Merlin was created in 1877.
"Beguiling" means deceiving or deluding, or charming, delighting or captivating.
Beguile me! Is this how you would beguile me?
The politician made many empty promises to beguile the voters. She dreamed of beguiling the afternoon with a walk in the country. The chemotherapy was beguiling her of her love for life.
Janie is very attractive, seducitve and beguiling - a real femme fatale.
Oh maid of beauteous tresses and eyes of soft caresses your glances are beguiling and your lips are ever smiling let us float together forever and forever to some far eastern isle adown the mystic Nile
To beguile is to deceive by guile or to divert by flirting and so antonyms for beguiling as an adjective include straightforward and honest, along with boring and unattractive.
In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, this line refers to the mysterious raven that enters the narrator's chamber and captivates his attention. The description of the bird as "ebony" conveys its dark and ominous presence, while "beguiling my sad fancy into smiling" suggests that the bird's unexpected arrival momentarily distracts the narrator from his grief and sorrow, providing a fleeting sense of comfort.
tempting, attractive, charming, enticing; beguiling; captivating
"Is smiling" is the present progressive tense (third person). The past progressive tense is "was smiling".