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Famous Pearly Gates Poems by Famous Poets

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...s on his pale, white horse,
And he clamped the spurs to his bloodless sides,
And out and down he rode,
Through heaven's pearly gates,
Past suns and moons and stars;
on Death rode,
Leaving the lightning's flash behind;
Straight down he came.

While we were watching round her bed,
She turned her eyes and looked away,
She saw what we couldn't see;
She saw Old Death.She saw Old Death
Coming like a falling star.
But Death didn't frighten Sister Caroline;
He looked to h...Read more of this...
by Johnson, James Weldon



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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry