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AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WELLESLEY COLLEGE GROUNDS, by                    
First Line: Pause passer, and thy thoughts a moment bend
Last Line: As they whose girdles wear the keys of fate.
Subject(s): Fate; Heaven; Destiny; Paradise


Pause passer, and thy thoughts a moment bend
To contemplation of this dreamy scene:
The gateless portal here, the leafy screen
Beyond, the avenue that finds an end
In seeming, where the arching branches lend'
An invitation to this fair demesne,
This unlost Paradise, whose peace serene
Means heaven's o'erflow and man his maker's friend.

Yet stay thy foot! Wisdom and Prudence stand
The unseen guardian of an unseen gate,
With smile of welcome and extended hand
For all truth-seekers, come they soon or late;
But for vain triflers, warning and command,
As they whose girdles wear the keys of fate.





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