Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DOOR OPENED, by LUCY LARCOM


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First Line: Might a door but be opened in heaven!
Last Line: Ascends, a crowned conqueror, to him.
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


MIGHT a door but be opened in heaven!
Might we look for a moment within!
Might only one comforting glimpse be given,
Of the life that we hope to win!
A door has been opened in heaven: --
Its glory shone full on the earth,
When the clouds of her midnight were smitten and riven
By the joy of the Christ-Child's birth.
And a door is yet opened in heaven;
Its light floods our world to its brim,
When a soul, for His truth having suffered and striven,
Ascends, a crowned conqueror, to Him.





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