Emily Dickinson's Correspondences
Correspondence with Susan Dickinson


H 329a
The Devil - had he 
fidelity
Would be the best 
friend -
Because he has 
ability -
But Devils cannot 
mend -
Perfidy is the 
Virtue
That would but he 
resign
The Devil -+ without 
question
H 329b

Were thoroughly 
divine
- so amended -
were durably divine -
 

H 329


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