| Robert Frost (1874–1963). Miscellaneous Poems to 1920. 1920. |
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| 7. The Lockless Door |
| | | (From A Miscellany of American Poetry 1920 [New York, 1920].) |
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| IT went many years, | |
| But at last came a knock, | |
| And I thought of the door | |
| With no lock to lock. | |
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| I blew out the light, | 5 |
| I tip-toed the floor, | |
| And raised both hands | |
| In prayer to the door. | |
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| But the knock came again | |
| My window was wide; | 10 |
| I climbed on the sill | |
| And descended outside. | |
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| Back over the sill | |
| I bade a “Come in” | |
| To whoever the knock | 15 |
| At the door may have been. | |
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| So at a knock | |
| I emptied my cage | |
| To hide in the world | |
| And alter with age. | 20 |
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