Lyric Poem · Sad
To Heaven
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.
This poem is in the public domain.
“To Heaven” by Robert Herrick — quilloak.com/poems/to-heaven
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