我会找到舒适,痛苦的旅行和衰弱吗? 你将会发现劳动的总数。 会有给我们的床吗,所有的人都在寻的? 是的,找到给所有来的人的床 Does 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.
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.
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 waiting at that door.
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. "Up-Hill" by Christina Rossetti, from Poems. ? Everyman's Library, 1993. Reprinted with permiss