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Poem by Robert Herrick


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. 



Robert Herrick


Robert Herrick's other poems:
  1. The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls
  2. His Last Request to Julia
  3. To Anthea (Anthea, I am going hence)
  4. To Sapho
  5. Upon Julia's Ribbon


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