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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOLD, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Let down the bars, o death
Last Line: Too tender to be told.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1065;poem: 1117
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Let down the bars, o death
Last Line: Too tender to be told.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 1065;poem: 1117
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
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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