Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OPEN DOOR, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That longed-for door stood open, and he passed Last Line: "I still am I,"" his eyes say, ""thou art thou!" Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
City, of thine a single, simple door, By some new Power reduplicate must be Even yet my life-porch in eternity. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. THAT longed-for door stood open, and he passed On through the star-sown fields of light, and stayed Before its threshold, glad and unafraid, Since all that Life or Death could do at last Was over, and the hour so long forecast Had brought his footsteps thither. Undismayed He entered. Were his lips on her lips laid? God knows. They met, and their new day was vast: Night shall not darken it, nor parting blight: "Whatever is to know," they know it now: He comes to her with laurel on his brow, Hero and conqueror from his life's fierce fight, And Longing is extinguished in Delight, -- "I still am I," his eyes say, "Thou art thou!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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