At The Golden Gate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDC EEFFDDDF GGHHIJDH KKCCDDDC HHLLMMDL CCHHNNDH CCCCLLDC

Before the golden gate she standsA
With drooping head with idle handsA
Loose clasped and bent beneath the weightB
Of unseen woe Too late too lateB
Those carved and frettedC
Starred resettedC
Panels shall not open everD
To her who seeks the perfect mateC
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Only the tearless enter thereE
Only the soul that like a prayerE
No bolt can stay no wall may barF
Shall dream the dreams grief cannot marF
No door of cedarD
Alas shall lead herD
Unto the stream that shows foreverD
Love's face like some reflected starF
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They say that golden barrier hidesG
A realm where deathless spring abidesG
Where flowers shall fade not and there floatsH
Thro' moon rays mild or sunlit motesH
'Mid dewy alleysI
That gird the palaceJ
And fountain'd spray's unceasing quiverD
A dulcet rain of song birds' notesH
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The sultan lord knew not her nameK
But to the door that fair shape cameK
The hour had struck the way was rightC
Traced by her lamp's pale flickering lightC
But ah whose errorD
Has brought this terrorD
Whose fault has foiled her fond endeavorD
The gate swings to her hope takes flightC
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The harp the song the nightingalesH
She hears beyond The night wind wailsH
Without to sound of feast withinL
While here she stands shut out by sinL
And be that revelM
Of angel or devilM
She longs to sit beside the giverD
That she at last her prize may winL
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Her lamp has fallen her eyes are wetC
Frozen she stands she lingers yetC
But through the garden's gladness stealsH
A whisper that each heart congealsH
A moan of grievingN
Beyond relievingN
Which makes the proudest of them shiverD
And suddenly the sultan kneelsH
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The lamp was quenched he found her deadC
When dawn had turned the threshold redC
Her face was calm and sad as fateC
His sin not hers made her too lateC
Some think unbiddenL
She brought him hiddenL
A truer bliss that came back neverD
To him unblest who closed the gateC

George Parsons Lathrop



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