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Let Down the Bars, O Death

poem by Emily Dickinson

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.

 

By: Emily Dickinson

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