| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 814. The Way to Heaven |
| | | By Charles Goodrich Whiting |
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| HEAVEN is open every day; | |
| In night also | |
| He that would wend his upward way | |
| May surely go. | |
| There is no wall to that demesne | 5 |
| Where God resides; nor any screen | |
| To hide the glories of that scene,— | |
| If man will know. | |
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| The ladder which the Hebrew saw | |
| Whenas he slept, | 10 |
| From earth God never doth updraw, | |
| But still hath kept; | |
| And angels ever to and fro | |
| On errands swiftly glide and glow,— | |
| For love above, for love below, | 15 |
| Its rounds have stept. | |
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| Thereon the saint doth daily mount | |
| Above the stars, | |
| Caring nowhit to take account | |
| Of earthly bars; | 20 |
| Since well ’t is known to such as he | |
| There are no guards but pass him free; | |
| He hath the watchword and the key, | |
| In peace, or wars. | |
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