Love
To B
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
The Devil, when he made believe
The pure and simple soul of Eve,
Was scarcely yet thy better half,
For he had only lied and smiled
And ruined whom his arts beguiled,
Not mockt her with his hellish laugh.
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