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FAREWELL by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIE THE STRINGS TO MY LIFE, MY LORD, / THEN I AM READY TO GO!
Last Line: NOW I AM READY TO GO!
Subject(s): CHRISTIANITY; JUDGMENT DAY; PRAYER; REFORMATION; END OF THE WORLD; DOOMSDAY; FALL OF MAN;
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 live,
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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