Saturday, January 4, 2003

Up-Hill Comments

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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.
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Christina Georgina Rossetti
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Sagar dhebe 23 September 2019

Marathi arth

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Michael Walker 09 September 2019

'Up-Hill' is a haunting dialogue poem. Six questions by a traveler on a journey at nightfall, and six encouraging answers given by the host at the inn. On a deeper level, it could be the traveler seeks rest after his life's labor. He will find rest in death. 'Will there be beds for me and all who seek? / Yea, beds for all who come'.

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Michael Walker 03 August 2019

A striking dialogue between a traveler and some who answers the questions cryptically. I like this poem very much.

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Solomon Senxer 24 October 2018

one of my top favorite poems of Christina Georgina Rossetti! Love to read all the times i encounter!

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Daksh Pauranik 15 February 2018

miss i am biggest fan of the poem up hill.

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