Tie The Strings To My Life, My Lord,

Emily Dickinson

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
   Then I am ready to go!
Just a look at the horses --
   Rapid! That will do!

Put me in on the firmest side,
   So I shall never fall;
For we must ride to the Judgment,
   And it's partly down hill.

But never I mind the bridges,
   And never I mind the sea;
Held fast in everlasting race
   By my own choice and thee.

Good-by to the life I used to lives,
   And the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
   Now I am ready to go!

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