LAETARE DAY
In a dear rout of loneliness
how life again sang sweet
when fasting arms knew banqueting
and avid eyes could feast;
and the long Lent of love was eased
for one Laetare Day.
But afterwards came Lent again:
again the fasting way.
by
Robert Farren
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