Building According to Code
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
A house is not built with wooden sticks
With mud or stone or even bricks
You cannot construct it out of steel
But only with the love the inhabitants feel
You can build a house out of hatred too
But its more like a prison and holds only you
Let’s build our house up with love and trust
With a faith in our Lord that is true and just
And let’s not destroy it with selfishness
Or a spirit of envy that we made our guest
Help us pray for the faith Lord, to build in this way
And to not lose our courage and then go astray
A house that is built out of sexual lust
Will soon see decay; then dissolve in the dust
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Written on April 24, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 24, 2022
Modified on March 06, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CC DDXX EEDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 4 |
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