The Mind
"Heavenly Father," take to thee
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
"Heavenly Father," take to thee
The supreme iniquity,
Fashioned by thy candid hand
In a moment contraband.
Though to trust us seem to us
More respectful—"we are dust."
We apologize to Thee
For Thine own Duplicity.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “"Heavenly Father," take to thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/630/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “"Heavenly Father," take to thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/630/.
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