Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LENT, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is good to be last not first Last Line: So it leads us to easter day. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Lent | ||||||||
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...AN ANNUAL OF THE DARK PHYSICS by NORMAN DUBIE THE THIEF IN THE PAINTING by LARRY LEVIS LENTEN GREETING; TO A LADY by GEORGE SANTAYANA ASHWEDNESDAY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT DELIA AND I by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE HYMN: FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT by REGINALD HEBER IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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