Bar Thy Door Not - eLouise (HappyLand, 2021) by Black Sea Records published on 2021-08-16T14:41:32Z Keep wealth for want, but spend it for thy wife, And wife, and wealth, and all, to guard thy life." "Death, that must come, comes nobly when we give Our wealth, and life, and all, to make men live. Bar thy door not to the stranger, be he friend or be he foe, For the tree will shade the woodman while his axe doth lay it low. Floating on his fearless pinions, lost amid the noonday skies, Even thence the Eagle's vision kens the carcass where it lies; But the hour that comes to all things comes unto the Lord of Air, And he rushes, madly blinded, to die helpless in the snare. Bar thy door not to the stranger, be he friend or be he foe, For the tree will shade the woodman while his axe doth lay it low. Greeting fair, and room to rest in; fire, and water from the well— Simple gifts—are given freely in the house where good men dwell Bar thy door not to the stranger, be he friend or be he foe, For the tree will shade the woodman while his axe doth lay it low.