Church-door Should Still Stand Open Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDDC| Church doors should still stand open night and day | A |
| Open to all who come for praise or prayer | B |
| Laden with gift of love or load of care | B |
| Nimbused with gold or flecked with locks of gray | A |
| Mother or snow white bride or pallid clay | A |
| The blithe the sad the uncomely as the fair | B |
| Each on his secret errand wending there | B |
| Nor even the mighty and strong be turned away | A |
| And so the poet's heart should ever be | C |
| Portal of joy and welcomer of woe | D |
| That makes the deaf to hear the blind to see | C |
| Open confessional for high and low | D |
| An unshut shrine where all may come and go | D |
| And by their tears an enriched sanctuary | C |
Alfred Austin
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