Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GATE OF TEARS, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON


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THE GATE OF TEARS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Far upon the farther side
Last Line: Through the gate of tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Tears


(TO G. A. S.)

FAR upon the farther side
Of the Gate of Tears
Lies a country clam and wide;
There is peace at eventide
Far upon the farther side
Of the Gate of Tears.

Never gale or tempest blows
Thro's the Gate of Tears;
That autumnal valley knows
Neither nightingale nor rose;
All the hills are crowned with snows
Where the snowdrop peers.

There a broken heart may rest,
Free from hopes or fears,
Undesiring, undistress'd;
While the sunset in the west
Gilds the worst and greys the best,
Through the Gate of Tears.





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