At the gate of the year?
Digtet blev bredt anerkendt som inspirerende og nåede sit første massepublikum i de tidlige dage af Anden Verdenskrig. Dets ord forblev en kilde til trøst for dronningen resten af hendes liv, og hun fik dem indgraveret på stenplader og fastgjort på portene til King George VI Memorial Chapel på Windsor Castle, hvor kongen blev begravet. Dronning Elizabeth Dronningemoderen blev også begravet her i 2002, og ordene fra "The Gate of the Year" blev medtaget i en refleksion i hendes begravelsesordre.
The poem was widely acclaimed as inspirational, reaching its first mass audience in the early days of the Second World War. Its words remained a source of comfort to the Queen for the rest of her life, and she had its words engraved on stone plaques and fixed to the gates of the King George VI Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle, where the King was interred. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was also buried here in 2002, and the words of "The Gate of the Year" were included in a reflection in her funeral order of service.
The Gate of the Year