| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | The Pilgrim | | By John Bunyan (1628–1688) |
| | | WHO 1 would true valour see | |
| Let him come hither! | |
| One here will constant be, | |
| Come wind, come weather: | |
| There’s no discouragement | 5 |
| Shall make him once relent | |
| His first avow’d intent | |
| To be a Pilgrim. | |
| |
| Whoso beset him round | |
| With dismal stories, | 10 |
| Do but themselves confound; | |
| His strength the more is. | |
| No lion can him fright; | |
| He’ll with a giant fight; | |
| But he will have a right | 15 |
| To be a Pilgrim. | |
| |
| Hobgoblin, nor foul fiend, | |
| Can daunt his spirit; | |
| He knows he at the end | |
| Shall Life inherit:— | 20 |
| Then, fancies, fly away; | |
| He’ll not fear what men say; | |
| He’ll labour, night and day, | |
| To be a Pilgrim. | |
|
|
|
