This embattled shore, portal of freedom, is forever hallowed by theideals, thevalorand thesacrifices ofour fellow countrymen.

-Eisenhower, Dwight D(avid)
Inscription at US cemetery near St-Laurent. Quoted in the New York Times, 5  Jun1994.

Pale, beyond porch and portal, Crowned with calm leaves, she stands Who gathers all things mortal With cold immortal hands.

-Swinburne, Algernon Charles
  Poems and Ballads,'The Garden of Proserpine'.

The great temple of fiction has no well-marked front portal; most devoteesarrivethrough a side door, and not dressed for worship.

-Updike,John Hoyer
  Self-Consciousness, III.'GettingTheWords Out'.