Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921)“I Lock My Door Upon Myself” (1891)The bust on the shelf is of Hypnos, Greek god of sleep and dreams.The title is from Christina Rossetti’s poem “Who Shall Deliver Me?” which begins…God strengthen me to bear myself;That heaviest weight of all to bear,Inalienable weight of care.All others are outside myself;I lock my door and bar them outThe turmoil, tedium, gad-about.I lock my door upon myself,And bar them out; but who shall wallSelf from myself, most loathed of all?
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Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921)
“I Lock My Door Upon Myself” (1891)

The bust on the shelf is of Hypnos, Greek god of sleep and dreams.
The title is from Christina Rossetti’s poem “Who Shall Deliver Me?” which begins…

God strengthen me to bear myself;
That heaviest weight of all to bear,
Inalienable weight of care.

All others are outside myself;
I lock my door and bar them out
The turmoil, tedium, gad-about.

I lock my door upon myself,
And bar them out; but who shall wall
Self from myself, most loathed of all?