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SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord, give me grace
Last Line: Sit low, it aims awry to go up higher.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


LORD, give me grace
To take the lowest place;
Nor even desire,
Unless it be Thy Will, to go up higher.
Except by grace,
I fail of lowest place;
Except desire
Sit low, it aims awry to go up higher.





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