Let Down the Bars, O Death

"Let Down the Bars, O Death" is the third song of John Duke's Six Poems by Emily Dickinson for soprano and piano.

Date: 1978Composer: John Woods DukeText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: Six Poems by Emily Dickinson

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Let Down the Bars, O Death
by Emily Dickinson

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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Six Poems by Emily Dickinson

Composer(s): John Duke

Voice Type: Soprano

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