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
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.
The speaker stands outside heaven, weeping and waiting to be let in. He knows he doesn’t deserve it—his own sin holds him back, like a hand on the latch he can’t lift.
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