Let there be Light
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You’ll move me and place me wherever You choose
I know that You will because that’s just what You do
You’ve taken me to the end of the earth
You gave me your Spirit along with new birth
You’ve moved me to poems and songs without end
You fight all my battles and call me your friend
Men talk and they talk without saying a thing
They keep moving their lips and they can’t even sing
But with only four words God made everything clear
He created the light and gave us ears to hear
Now having the light, we should walk in the same
Not stumbling in darkness just looking to blame
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Written on October 28, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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