New Thought Pastels
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
13 Feb, 2021
THEY stood before the Angel at the gate;
The Angel asked: “Why should you enter in?”
One said: “On earth my place was high and great;”
And one: “I warned my fellow-men from sin;”
Another: “I was teacher of the faith;
I sc
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THEY stood before the Angel at the gate;
The Angel asked: “Why should you enter in?”
One said: “On earth my place was high and great;”
And one: “I warned my fellow-men from sin;”
Another: “I was teacher of the faith;
I scorned my life and lived in love with death.”
And one stood silent. “Speak!” the Angel said;
“What earthly deed has sent you here today?”
“Alas! I did but follow where they led,”
He answered sadly: “I had lost my way—
So new the country, and so strange my flight;
I only sought for guidance and for light.” Less