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Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness by Giovanni di Paolo

Giovanni di Paolo

Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness, 1455–60

Art Institute of Chicago

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 standing 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.

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From Poems, which is out of copyright. The text is copied from Project Gutenberg.

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