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This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.

Geoffrey Chaucer
World, This World
1387 Canterbury Tales,'The Knight's Tale', l. 2847-8.
This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.