Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
UphillChristina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
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Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s-journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.
Those who have gone before.
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
They will not keep you waiting at that door.
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.