{"id":154,"date":"2015-08-11T23:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T23:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/compreader\/?post_type=chapter&p=154"},"modified":"2015-08-11T23:07:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T23:07:58","slug":"the-lockless-door-by-robert-frost","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-readinganthology\/chapter\/the-lockless-door-by-robert-frost\/","title":{"raw":"\"The Lockless Door\" by Robert Frost","rendered":"“The Lockless Door” by Robert Frost"},"content":{"raw":"It went many years,\r\nBut at last came a knock,\r\nAnd I thought of the door\r\nWith no lock to lock.\r\n\r\nI blew out the light,\r\nI tip-toed the floor,\r\nAnd raised both hands\r\nIn prayer to the door.\r\n\r\nBut the knock came again\r\nMy window was wide;\r\nI climbed on the sill\r\nAnd descended outside.\r\n\r\nBack over the sill\r\nI bade a \u201cCome in\u201d\r\nTo whoever the knock\r\nAt the door may have been.\r\n\r\nSo at a knock\r\nI emptied my cage\r\nTo hide in the world\r\nAnd alter with age.","rendered":"

It went many years,
\nBut at last came a knock,
\nAnd I thought of the door
\nWith no lock to lock.<\/p>\n

I blew out the light,
\nI tip-toed the floor,
\nAnd raised both hands
\nIn prayer to the door.<\/p>\n

But the knock came again
\nMy window was wide;
\nI climbed on the sill
\nAnd descended outside.<\/p>\n

Back over the sill
\nI bade a \u201cCome in\u201d
\nTo whoever the knock
\nAt the door may have been.<\/p>\n

So at a knock
\nI emptied my cage
\nTo hide in the world
\nAnd alter with age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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