Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound
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| THE BIBLE is an antique volume | |
| Written by faded men, | |
| At the suggestion of Holy Spectres— | |
| Subjects—Bethlehem— | |
| Eden—the ancient Homestead— | 5 |
| Satan—the Brigadier, | |
| Judas—the great Defaulter, | |
| David—the Troubadour. | |
| Sin—a distinguished Precipice | |
| Others must resist, | 10 |
| Boys that “believe” | |
| Are very lonesome— | |
| Other boys are “lost.” | |
| Had but the tale a warbling Teller | |
| All the boys would come— | 15 |
| Orpheus’ sermon captivated, | |
| It did not condemn. | |
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