- 1869: “How The Gates Came Ajar” by Joseph Eastburn Winner
- 1869: “The Gates Ajar” by Gussie Estabrook
- 1870: “The Gates Ajar” by George Cooper
- 1870: “Little Clo From Gates Ajar” by C.A. White
- 1872: “The Gates Wide Open” by C.A. White
- 1873: “The Gates Forever Open” by Joseph Eastburn Winner
- 1876: “The Glorious Gates Ajar” S. B. Whiteley
- 1879: “He Holds The Pearl Gates Ajar” by J. Calvin Bushey
- 1882: “Golden Gates Ajar” by J.L. Feeney
- 1882: “Gone Within the Gates Ajar” (Longfellow Funeral March) by Charles Gabriel