Poem A Day

TO HEAVEN

by Robert Herrick

Open thy gates

To him who weeping waits,

And might come in,

But that held back by sin.

Let mercy be

So kind, to set me free,

And I will straight

Come in, or force the gate.

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Poem A Day

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