| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1595. The Judgement |
| | | By Dora Read Goodale |
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| THOU hast evil | |
| And given place to the devil; | |
| Yet so cunningly thou concealest | |
| The thing which thou feelest, | |
| That no eye espieth it, | 5 |
| Satan himself denieth it. | |
| Go where it chooseth thee, | |
| There is none that accuseth thee; | |
| Neither foe nor lover | |
| Will the wrong uncover; | 10 |
| The world’s breath raiseth thee, | |
| And thy own past praiseth thee, | |
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| Yet know thou this: | |
| At quick of thy being | |
| Is an eye all-seeing, | 15 |
| The snake’s wit evadeth not, | |
| The charmed lip persuadeth not; | |
| So thoroughly it despiseth | |
| The thing thy hand prizeth, | |
| Though the sun were thy clothing, | 20 |
| It should count thee for nothing. | |
| Thing own eye divineth thee, | |
| Thine own soul arraigneth thee; | |
| God himself cannot shrive thee | |
| Till that judge forgive thee. | 25 |
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