Emily Dickinson (183086). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound
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| THE DEVIL, had he fidelity, | |
| Would be the finest friend | |
| Because he has ability, | |
| But Devils cannot mend. | |
| Perfidy is the virtue | 5 |
| That would he but resign, | |
| The Devil, so amended, | |
| Were durably divine. | |
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