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THE FOLD by EMILY DICKINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET DOWN THE BARS, O DEATH
Last Line: TOO TENDER TO BE TOLD.
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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