Three Souls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEF GGHHIIJ KLM NNOPQQRRSST UUVVWWUUXXY UUThree Souls there were that reached the Heavenly Gate | A |
And gained permission of the Guard to wait | A |
Barred from the bliss of Paradise by sin | B |
They did not ask or hope to enter in | B |
'We loved one woman thus their story ran | C |
We lost her for she chose another man | C |
So great our love it brought us to this door | D |
We only ask to see her face once more | D |
Then will we go to realms where we belong | E |
And pay our penalty for doing wrong ' | F |
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'And wert thou friends on earth ' The Guard spake thus | G |
'Nay we were foes but Death made friends of us | G |
The dominating thought within each Soul | H |
Brought us together comrades to this goal | H |
To see her face and in its radiance bask | I |
For one great moment that is all we ask | I |
And having seen her we must journey back | J |
The path we came a hard and dangerous track ' | - |
'Wait then ' the Angel said 'beside me here | K |
But do not strive within God's Gate to peer | L |
Nor converse hold with Spirits clothed in light | M |
Who pass this way thou hast not earned the right ' | - |
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They waited year on year Then like a flame | N |
News of the woman's death from earth land came | N |
The eager lovers scanned with hungry eyes | O |
Each Soul that passed the Gates of Paradise | P |
The well beloved face in vain they sought | Q |
Until one day the Guardian Angel brought | Q |
A message to them 'She has gone ' he said | R |
'Down to the lower regions of the dead | R |
Her chosen mate went first so great her love | S |
She has resigned the joys that wait above | S |
To dwell with him until perchance some day | T |
Absolved from sin he seeks the Better Way ' | - |
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Silent the lovers turned The pitying Guard | U |
Said 'Stay the while his hand the door unbarred | U |
There waits for thee no darker grief or woe | V |
Enter the Gates and all God's glories know | V |
But to be ready for so great a bliss | W |
Pause for a moment and take heed of this | W |
The dearest treasure by each mortal lost | U |
Lies yonder when the Threshold has been crossed | U |
And thou shalt find within that Sacred Place | X |
The shining wonder of her worshipped face | X |
All that is past is but a troubled dream | Y |
Go forward now and claim the Fact Supreme ' | - |
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Then clothed like Angels fitting their estate | U |
Three Souls went singing singing through God's Gate | U |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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