Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Time Flies. XI. Through burden and heat of the dayChristina G. Rossetti (18301894)
July 29
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How weary the hands and the feet,
That labour with scarcely a stay,
Through burden and heat!
Kneel down, it will rest thee to pray:
Then forward, for daylight is fleet.
Cool twilight will soon be complete:—
What matters this wearisome way
Through burden and heat?