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When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.

When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Stars, Heaven, Christ
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory notice”, p.90

O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music, Men, Heaven

Even He that died for us upon the cross, in the last hour, in the unutterable agony of death, was mindful of His mother, as if to teach us that this holy love should be our last worldly thought - the last point of earth from which the soul should take its flight for heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mother, Agony, Heaven
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1835). “Outre-mer: a pilgrimage beyond the sea”, p.191

What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Memorial, Funeral, Heaven

Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Prayer, Sky, Heaven
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir John Gilbert (1858). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow ... A Complete Edition, Including the Song of Hiawatha. With Illustrations by J. Gilbert, Etc”, p.73

We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heaven, Lamps, May
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134

The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lying, Romance, Heaven
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1866). “Kavanagh. Driftwood”, p.307

I love thee, as the good love heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life, Good Love, Heaven
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1858). “The Poetical Works”, p.148

The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heart, Heaven, Sound
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.55

Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Heaven, Evening, Sandals
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.340

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