Here comes to end my play’s last scene; here ends <br />My pilgrimage, its last ponderous mile, <br />And when the last curtain’s called in a while, <br />And when I say goodbye to all my friends, <br />On a Judgment Day when my soul should show, <br />Elemental flesh when in dust shall merge, <br />All but subtle vestiges when I purge, <br />My sins and sacred deeds ere me shall go <br />To deserve me a term or not in hell, <br />My flesh suffering taste of the devil, <br />But when purged I’m of all sinful evil— <br />For taste of heaven if for a short spell— <br /> O Gluttonous Death, pity be O mate, <br /> In glee while I enter the Pearly Gate. <br />___________________________________________________ <br /> - Sonnets | 26.11.08 |<br /><br />Aniruddha Pathak<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-glimpse-at-the-pearly-gate/
