The Mind
If Nature smiles—the Mother must,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
If Nature smiles—the Mother must,
I'm sure, at many a whim
Of her eccentric family—
Is she so much to blame?
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Dickinson, Emily. “If Nature smiles—the Mother must.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/523/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “If Nature smiles—the Mother must.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/523/.
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