Her smile was shaped like other smiles --
The Dimples ran along --
And still it hurt you, as some Bird
Did hoist herself, to sing,
Then recollect a Ball, she got --
And hold upon the Twig,
Convulsive, while the Music broke --
Like Beads -- among the Bog --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 514. Her smile was shaped like other smiles --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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