They won't frown always -- some sweet Day

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
874Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

They won't frown always -- some sweet Day When I forget to tease -- They'll recollect how cold I looked And how I just said "Please."

Then They will hasten to the Door To call the little Girl Who cannot thank Them for the Ice That filled the lisping full.

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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