Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LENT, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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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.





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