Sing with a Broken Heart

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Every word of the Lord is true
It happened to them and it happens to you
When he spoke, he wasn’t joking
If he said you’ll die you will
Just once at the time you’re appointed
The second depends on your bill
God sent his Son to pay for it all
If you won’t take the payment
You will take the fall
See! The winter is past;
The rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
The season of singing has come.
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Written on March 07, 2017

Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDCEFEGHIJ
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 418
Words 87
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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