A door just opened on a street — I, lost, was passing by —An instant's width of warmth disclosed And wealth, and company
The door as sudden shut, and I, I, lost, was passing by, —Lost doubly, but by contrast most, Enlightening misery
I thought myself indeed secure, So fast the door, so firm the lock;
But, lo
he toddling comes to lure My parent ear with timorous knock
My heart were stone could it withstand The sweetness of my baby's plea,—That timorous, baby knoc...
ND We lead the blind by voice and hand, And not by light they cannot see;
We are not framed to understand The How and Why of such as He;
But natured only to rejoice At every sound or sign of hope,
And, guided by the still small voic...
Knock on the door, and you shall have an answer
Open the heavy walls to set me free, And blow a horn to call me into the sunlight, And startled then what a strange thing you shall see
Nuns, murderers, and drunkards, saints and sinners, L...