Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VIGIL OF THE PRESENTATION, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: Long and dark the nights, dim and short the days
Last Line: Thee our god we praise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


LONG and dark the nights, dim and short the days,
Mounting weary heights on our weary ways,
Thee our God we praise.
Scaling heavenly heights by unearthly ways,
Thee our God we praise all our nights and days,
Thee our God we praise.





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