13. The Gate and the Way
We do not enter the Path because it is pleasant, but because it is the only track .
The G ATE AND THE W AY
A NARROW gate, a straight, unbending road,
Bleak hill-tops, sudden gorges, and a load
Of sadness through the solitary track:
One comfort only—to our own abode
The one way back!
And since we needs must reach Thee, why and how
Esteeming little, shew us mercy, Thou!
It is not becoming that those who were born in the palace should build cabins in the desert .
The G ATE AND THE W AY
A NARROW gate, a straight, unbending road,
Bleak hill-tops, sudden gorges, and a load
Of sadness through the solitary track:
One comfort only—to our own abode
The one way back!
And since we needs must reach Thee, why and how
Esteeming little, shew us mercy, Thou!
It is not becoming that those who were born in the palace should build cabins in the desert .
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