Up-hill

Up-hill

Original Text
Macmillan's Magazine (Feb. 1861). AP 4 M2 ROBA AP M337 MICR mfm. Text from Christina Rossetti, Poems (1890).
2      Yes, to the very end.
3Will the day's journey take the whole long day?
4      From morn to night, my friend.
5But is there for the night a resting-place?
6      A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.
7May not the darkness hide it from my face?
8      You cannot miss that inn.
9Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
10      Those who have gone before.
11Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
12      They will not keep you standing at that door.
13Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
14      Of labour you shall find the sum.
15Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
16      Yea, beds for all who come.

Notes

1] It was this lyric that first drew favourable public attention to Christina Rossetti's poetry. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1861
RPO poem Editors
Margaret Frances (Sister St. Francis) Nims
RPO Edition
3RP 3.304.
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