Now that You’ve Gone Away
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
How many sons have come to you
To see what you would say
To see if you would bless them now
Or just send them away?
The Jews have come to see a sign
The Greeks are seeking wisdom
And you can satisfy them both
With the riches of your kingdom
Many men have walked with you
Through standing fields of grain
If they decide to eat a little
No one will complain
So many people eat their fill
And go back to their homes
Forgetting everything you said
They leave you there alone
The harvest will be coming soon
The grapes will all be ripe
The standing grain will be cut down
And we’ll drink wine at night
After we get drunk and eat
We’ll lie down on our beds
And sleep and dream and wake again
With strange thoughts in our heads
We should remember what we read
And everything we heard
While sipping on our morning cup
And searching out your word
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Written on September 17, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB XCXC ADXD XXEX XXXX XFXF EGXG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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