Between The Gates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF G GH IGIG JDJD KLKL MNMN ODOD LPL| Between the gates of birth and death | A |
| An old and saintly pilgrim passed | B |
| With look of one who witnesseth | A |
| The long sought goal at last | B |
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| O thou whose reverent feet have found | C |
| The Master's footprints in thy way | D |
| And walked thereon as holy ground | C |
| A boon of thee I pray | D |
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| 'My lack would borrow thy excess | E |
| My feeble faith the strength of thine | F |
| I need thy soul's white saintliness | E |
| To hide the stains of mine | F |
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| 'The grace and favor else denied | G |
| May well be granted for thy sake ' | - |
| So tempted doubting sorely tried | G |
| A younger pilgrim spake | H |
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| 'Thy prayer my son transcends my gift | I |
| No power is mine ' the sage replied | G |
| 'The burden of a soul to lift | I |
| Or stain of sin to hide | G |
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| 'Howe'er the outward life may seem | J |
| For pardoning grace we all must pray | D |
| No man his brother can redeem | J |
| Or a soul's ransom pay | D |
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| 'Not always age is growth of good | K |
| Its years have losses with their gain | L |
| Against some evil youth withstood | K |
| Weak hands may strive in vain | L |
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| 'With deeper voice than any speech | M |
| Of mortal lips from man to man | N |
| What earth's unwisdom may not teach | M |
| The Spirit only can | N |
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| 'Make thou that holy guide thine own | O |
| And following where it leads the way | D |
| The known shall lapse in the unknown | O |
| As twilight into day | D |
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| 'The best of earth shall still remain | L |
| And heaven's eternal years shall prove | P |
| That life and death and joy and pain | L |
| Are ministers of Love ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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