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 steepest – 
And never I mind the Sea –
Held fast in Everlasting Race –
By my own Choice, and Thee –

Goodbye to the Life I used to live –
And the World I used to know –
And kiss the Hills, for me, just once –
Then – I am ready to go!

  - Emily Dickinson