Let down the bars, O Death!

Emily Dickinson

1830 to 1886

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Let down the bars, O Death!
The tired flocks come in
Whose bleating ceases to repeat,
Whose wandering is done.

Thine is the stillest night,
Thine the securest fold;
Too near thou art for seeking thee,
Too tender to be told.

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Emily Dickinson's Let down the bars, O Death!

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