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 steeper -
And never I mind the Sea -
Held fast in Everlasting Race
By my own Choice, and Thee

Goodbye to the Life I used to live
And the World I used to know
And kiss the Hills, for me, just once
!Then -- I am ready to go


Emily Dickinson