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He who in Himself believes

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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He who in Himself believes-
Fraud cannot presume-
Faith is Constancy's Result-
And assumes-from Home-

Cannot perish, though it fail
Every second time-
But defaced Vicariously-
For Some Other Shame-




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