Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GATE OF FAME, by HENRY CHAPPELL


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THE GATE OF FAME, by                    
First Line: Open the portal, let me in
Last Line: The key to the gate of fame.
Subject(s): Angels; Death; Heaven; Mourning; Dead, The; Paradise; Bereavement


OPEN the portal, let me in,
I give to the world my best,
Outside the rosy gate of fame
A poet pleading prest.
The gate kept fast, chill grew the night,
The heedless world surged by,
And shadows crowded o'er his soul,
Nor star shone in the sky.

But on the wind there came a voice
Sweet as an angel's tone,
"Ever you sing to the world's dull ear,
Ever you sing to stone.
Songs of a day with day shall die
Merged in the gloom of night,
Songs of a night forgot will fly
Before the morn's cold light."

"Sing to the heart and your lay shall live,
Tears thou shalt call or dry,
Hope to the failing thou shalt give,
And angels list on high.
Sing to the heart and in its shrine
Ever shall live thy name,
The boon thou cravest shall be thine,
The key to the gate of Fame.





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