Religion
It is good to be last not first
From Verses (1893)
Religion
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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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Lent.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “It is good to be last not first.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/664/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “It is good to be last not first.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/664/.
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