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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Deceiver

Helen Muckley

HE looks into my truthful face

Beneath the rising moon,

And on his balalaika

He plays a lying tune.

My lover is but playing—

The real deceiver I,

Who look up with my truthful face

And love him for his lie.