 | Walter Thornbury - Art - 1861 - 356 pages
...trusting that that dear soul found peace. " The door of death is made of gold, That mortal eyes can ne'er behold ; But when the mortal eyes are closed, And...reposed, The soul awakes, and wondering sees In her bright hands the golden key." CHAPTERS ON ART. CHAPTER IX. EPOCHS OF PAINTING. OUR early writers on... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1863 - 460 pages
...Charlotte.' The vignette which was to have accompanied it Cromek, as we saw, returned on his hands : — The door of death is made of gold, That mortal eyes cannot behold But when the mortal eyes are clos'd, And cold and pale the limbs repos'd, The soul awakes, and, wond'ring, sees In her mild hand... | |
 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...naked and outcast, seek Love there." DEDICATION OF THE POEM OF THE GRAVE TO THE QUEEN. (1808.) 1"^HE door of Death is made of gold That mortal eyes cannot...heaven's golden gate And rich and poor around it wait. Oh ! shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold ! To dedicate to England's Queen... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...people were prophets." Numbers xi. 29. M DEDICATION OF BLAIR'S POEM OF THE GRAVE TO THE QUEEN. (1808.)* THE door of Death is made of gold That mortal eyes...heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait. Oh ! shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold i To dedicate to England's Queen... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - Church and state - 1878 - 606 pages
...among which the outward senses are the least and the most imperfect. In one of his poems he writes :— The door of death is made of gold, That mortal eyes cannot behold ; But when the mortal eyes are clos'd, And cold and pale the limbs repos'd, The soul awakes, and, wondering, sees In her mild hand... | |
 | William Blake, Richard Herne Shepherd - 1887 - 224 pages
...people were prophets." Numbers xi. 29. DEDICATION OF BLAIR'S POEM OF THE GRAVE TO THE QUEEN. (1808.)* THE door of Death is made of gold That mortal eyes...heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait. Oh ! shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold 1 To dedicate to England's Queen... | |
 | Frances Martin - Blind - 1887 - 334 pages
...with characteristic and Christian courage, patience, and submission. CHAPTER XIX IN TIME OF NEED ' ' The grave is heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait." — BLAKE. IT was deemed undesirable for Bessie to remain at Chichester during the sad week that followed... | |
 | Frances Martin - Blind - 1887 - 334 pages
...with characteristic and Christian courage, patience, and submission. CHAPTER XIX . IN TIME OF NEED " The grave is heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait."—BLAKE. IT was deemed undesirable for Bessie to remain at Chichester during the sad week that... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Hymns, English - 1889 - 394 pages
...child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little lamb, GOD bless thee ! CCXXXVIII THE door of death is made of gold, That mortal eyes...Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait. CCXXXIX FOR ever with the LORD ! Amen ! so let it be ! Life from the dead is in that word, And immortality... | |
 | James Hoggarth - English poetry - 1892 - 438 pages
...deplore ; Though out of sight, as if forever fled, She is not lost, but only gone before. It is said that The door of death is made of gold That mortal eyes cannot behold ; But when the mortal eyes do close, And cold and pale the limbs repose, The soul awakes, and, wondering, sees In her mild hand... | |
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GRAVE." To QUEEN CHAKLOTTE. HE door of Death is made of gold, That mortal eyes cannot behold : But, when the mortal eyes are closed, And cold and pale the limbs reposed, The soul awakes, and, wondering, sees In her mild hand the golden keys. 
