{"id":270,"date":"2017-01-23T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-englishcomp1\/?post_type=chapter&p=270"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:10:12","slug":"the-lockless-door-by-robert-frost","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-englishcomp1\/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,\nBut at last came a knock,\nAnd I thought of the door\nWith no lock to lock.\n\nI blew out the light,\nI tip-toed the floor,\nAnd raised both hands\nIn prayer to the door.\n\nBut the knock came again\nMy window was wide;\nI climbed on the sill\nAnd descended outside.\n\nBack over the sill\nI bade a \u201cCome in\u201d\nTo whoever the knock\nAt the door may have been.\n\nSo at a knock\nI emptied my cage\nTo hide in the world\nAnd alter with age.<\/p>","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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