| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47211 |
| QUOTATION: | Does the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place?
A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin, |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894), British poet. Uphill (l. 1–6). . .
The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Vol. 1. R. W. Crump, ed. (1979) Louisiana State University É Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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