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Public-domain poetry · from the anthology

"Heavenly Father" -- take to thee

by Emily Dickinson

19th-Century American · Short · 8 lines

"Heavenly Father" -- take to thee The supreme iniquity Fashioned by thy candid Hand In a moment contraband -- Though to trust us -- seems to us More respectful -- "We are Dust" -- We apologize to thee For thine own Duplicity --

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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