A happy lip -- breaks sudden --
It doesn't state you how
It contemplated -- smiling --
Just consummated -- now --
But this one, wears its merriment
So patient -- like a pain --
Fresh gilded -- to elude the eyes
Unqualified, to scan --
Classic poem
A happy lip -- breaks sudden
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- A happy lip -- breaks sudden --
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- grief
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