A Judgment on the Field
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
A love that is not expressed; Is not a love at all
And if there’s no one playing; There is no game in fall
The teams can gather on the field, to reap what they have sown
But once the wheat is in the barn; Away the chaff is blown
A howling wind comes from the north to gather all the nations
There’s terror now on every side, God’s wrath is their libation
A thousand years has come and gone. And now they’re raised again
They stand before the Great White Throne. To face One not their friend
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Written on January 05, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AA BB XB XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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