Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOORS, by LLOYD MIFFLIN Poet's Biography First Line: As through the void we went I heard his plumes Last Line: "and then a voice, -- ""who next that entereth?" | ||||||||
As through the Void we went I heard his plumes Strike on the darkness. It was passing sweet To hold his hand and feel that thin air beat Against our pinions as we winged those glooms Of Ebon, through which Atropos still dooms Each soul to pass. Then presently our feet Found footing on a ledge of dark retreat, And opposite appeared two doors of tombs Seen by the star upon the angel's head That made dim twilight; there I caught my breath: "Why pause we here?" The angel answering said, "The journey ends. These are the Doors of Death; Lo, now they open, inward, for the dead." And then a Voice, -- "Who next that entereth?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOVEREIGN POETS by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE BATTLEFIELD: GETTYSBURG by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE SHADOWY CITY LOOMS; NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH RIVER by LLOYD MIFFLIN THESEUS AND ARIADNE by LLOYD MIFFLIN |
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