To Be a Pilgrim

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>To Be a Pilgrim</h1> <h2><span class="smcap">By JOHN BUNYAN</span></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Who would true valor see,</span><br/> <span class="i1">Let him come hither;</span><br/> <span class="i0">One here will constant be,</span><br/> <span class="i1">Come wind, come weather;</span><br/> <span class="i0">There's no discouragement</span><br/> <span class="i0">Shall make him once relent</span><br/> <span class="i0">His first avowed intent</span><br/> <span class="i6">To be a pilgrim.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Whoso beset him round</span><br/> <span class="i1">With dismal stories,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Do but themselves confound&mdash;</span><br/> <span class="i1">His strength the more is.</span><br/> <span class="i0">No lion can him fright;</span><br/> <span class="i0">He'll with a giant fight,</span><br/> <span class="i0">But he will have a right</span><br/> <span class="i6">To be a pilgrim.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Hobgoblin nor foul fiend</span><br/> <span class="i1">Can daunt his spirit;</span><br/> <span class="i0">He knows he at the end</span><br/> <span class="i1">Shall life inherit.</span><br/> <span class="i0">Then, fancies fly away,</span><br/> <span class="i0">He'll fear not what men say;</span><br/> <span class="i0">He'll labor night and day</span><br/> <span class="i6">To be a pilgrim."</span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />