To Keep a True Lent

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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The Conditions for the "Successful" Formation of Worship Art

This comes from writer and arts theologian David O. Taylor:
http://artspastor.blogspot.com/2012/02/conditions-for-successful-formation-of.html
Great article!