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   TO KEEP A TRUE LENT.
   by Robert Herrick
   IS this a fast, to keep
   The larder lean ?
   And clean
   From fat of veals and sheep ?
   Is it to quit the dish
   Of flesh, yet still
   To fill
   The platter high with fish ?
   Is it to fast an hour,
   Or ragg’d to go,
   Or show
   A downcast look and sour ?
   No ; ‘tis a fast to dole
   Thy sheaf of wheat,
   And meat,
   Unto the hungry soul.
   It is to fast from strife,
   From old debate
   And hate ;
   To circumcise thy life.
   To show a heart grief-rent ;
   To starve thy sin,
   Not bin ;
   And that’s to keep thy Lent.

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