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LORD, IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Grant us, o lord, that patience and that faith
Last Line: God's will, but saith, good is it to be here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


GRANT us, O Lord, that patience and that faith:
Faith's patience imperturbable in Thee,
Hope's patience till the long-drawn shadows flee,
Love's patience unresentful of all scathe.
Verily we need patience breath by breath;
Patience while Faith holds up her glass to see,
While Hope toils yoked in Fear's copartnery,
And Love goes softly on the way to death.
How gracious and how perfecting a grace
Must Patience be on which those others wait:
Faith with suspended rapture in her face,
Hope pale and careful hand in hand with Fear,
Love -- ah good Love who would not antedate
God's Will, but saith, Good is it to be here.





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