UPHILL
by: Christina Rossetti
(1830-1894)
- OES the road wind up-hill all
the way?
- Yes, to the very end.
- Will the day's journey take the whole long day?
- From morn to night, my friend.
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- But is there for the night a resting-place?
- A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.
- May not the darkness hide it from my face?
- You cannot miss that inn.
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- Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
- Those who have gone before.
- Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
- They will not keep you standing at that door.
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- Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
- Of labour you shall find the sum.
- Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
- Yea, beds for all who come.
"Uphill" is reprinted
from Macmillan's Magazine (Feb. 1861). |
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