Poem by Lucy Larcom

A Door Opened

MIGHT a door but be opened in heaven!
Might we look for a moment within!
Might only one comforting glimpse be given,
Of the life that we hope to win!
A door has been opened in heaven: —
Its glory shone full on the earth,
When the clouds of her midnight were smitten and riven
By the joy of the Christ-Child's birth.
And a door is yet opened in heaven;
Its light floods our world to its brim,
When a soul, for His truth having suffered and striven,
Ascends, a crowned conqueror, to Him.

1. “Ye Shall Live Also“
2. Thy Kingdom Come
3. Hand in Hand with Angels
4. Drawing Nearer
5. At Thy Feet

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