A Thirst for Love

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



O Lord I am on my hands and knees.
My Lord it’s You I seek to please.

I came here with the water from earth.
So, you might quench your mighty thirst.

You said: Its love that I thirst for;
Upon the earth, My wrath I’ll pour.

They would not come; though I had called.
So now they will all be appalled.

To see for them, what might have been.
But now will not because of sin.
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Written on July 18, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 07, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA XX BB CC DD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 379
Words 90
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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