Forbidden Fruit (1)

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

IV.


FORBIDDEN FRUIT.


I.


FORBIDDEN fruit a flavor has

      That lawful orchards mocks;

How luscious lies the pea within

      The pod that Duty locks!

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