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Light for the Slaves

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

The more light you can gather
The more you have to give
It’s really so much better
When you’re leaking like a sieve

So, if you’re on a mountain
Try to light up all the valleys
And blessed will be your fountain
To the slaves down in the galleys
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Written on January 22, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 250
Words 50
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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