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.
and the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!
----Emily Dickinson
*It's really God who chooses us. (John 15:16)
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Thanks for this poem. Emily Dickinson was a great writer. I was unfamiliar with this poem.
Of the Dickinson poems I've read, this one may be the most specifically Christian.
Thanks for the poetry as usual Marie!
Hi! Thanks for your recent comment! I have decided to try something new and blog again, in a small sort of way. I still have Picture My Thoughts, my daily photo devotional. I decided to do a new online journal, though.
Visit me! I'm now at
http://shadowfeet.tumblr.com
I think you are the third person I've told! I hope your Thanksgiving was great.
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