IT is good to be last not first, Pending the present distress; It is good to hunger and thirst, So it be for righteousness. It is good to spend and be spent, It is good to watch and to pray: Life and Death make a goodly Lent So it leads us to Easter Day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATERNITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. CHARLES BLISS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO THE GARDEN THE WORLD by WALT WHITMAN A PORTRAIT by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY A MOUNTAIN SOUL (KATHARINE COMAN) by KATHARINE LEE BATES ZERO by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LINES AT NIGHT by JULIET H. CAMPBELL THE PERFECTION; A NEW SONG. TO THE DUCHESS OF GRAFTON by THOMAS D'URFEY |