Versos English Laurence Alma-Tadema The Open Door

English poem

The Open Door

by (1865–1940)

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Why have you locked the door, my maid, Why have you locked the door? O! I have let Grief out, she said, Never to enter more.

Open and set it wide, my maid, Open and set it wide! Lest Joy should come one day, he said, And have to stand outside.