Tie the strings to my life, my Lord

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go! 
Just a look at the horses -
Rapid! That will do! 

Put me in on the firmest side,
So I shall never fall;
For we must ride to the Judgment,
And it 's partly down hill. 

But never I mind the bridges,
And never I mind the sea;
Held fast in everlasting race
By my own choice and thee. 

Good-by to the life I used to live,
And the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) , "Tie the strings to my life", op. 107 no. 2.
by Brian Holmes (1946-) , "Tie the strings to my life, my Lord" [soprano, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra], from Amherst Requiem, no. 9.

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