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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

XCII

THE DEVIL, had he fidelity,

Would be the finest friend—

Because he has ability,

But Devils cannot mend.

Perfidy is the virtue

That would he but resign,—

The Devil, so amended,

Were durably divine.