Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE KING AT THE DOOR, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: Lift up the everlasting gates! Last Line: Make glorious this thy dwelling place! Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
LIFT up the everlasting gates! The King before your threshold waits. Shall He who life's great building planned Unwelcomed at its portal stand? Is there a corner of your heart Where you retreat, alone, apart, A sanctuary all your own? Behold! He made it for His throne. Is there a darkness, where, shut in, You dare not face your secret sin? Lo! there He built His mercy seat, There He your humbled soul will meet. Have you a stately banquet hall Where guests from many a clime you call? You see not any face aright Until He enters with His light. Ye rich ones, why will ye abide In poverty of lonely pride? Your silver and your gold are dim, Your house is empty, without Him. Ye lowly ones, if ye are His, Ye have no need of palaces, Since that rich soul can lack for naught Who lets God in at every thought. Lift up the everlasting gates! The King at His own threshold waits. -- Enter, O Lord, and with Thy face Make glorious this Thy dwelling place! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX |
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