Analysis of Glory unto God Alone
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Lord, not to us, but to Your name,
Give glory to Your steadfast love;
For Your faithfulness we proclaim,
The blessings that flow from above.
Why should Pagans say, “Where is God?”
Knowing that God is in Heaven;
He is very pleased when we laud,
Rewarding with blessings given.
Their idols are silver and gold,
And handcrafted by human hands;
Liquified metal in a mold,
Cools and hardened until it stands.
They have mouths but will never speak,
They have eyes but will never see;
For the truth, they will never seek,
Since mind and heart will never be.
They have ears but will never hear,
They have noses but never smell;
No feelings for being sincere,
No prophecy as to foretell.
They have hands but will never touch,
They have feet but will never walk;
Not able to comfort so much,
No sound from throat to let him talk.
Those who make them become like them.
So does everyone who would trust;
But our Lord God will condemn,
Because their faith has been unjust.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG XHXH IJIJ KLKL X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1101111 111101 01011101 1111111 10111010 11101111 01011010 11011001 0101101 110001 10100111 11111101 11111101 10111101 11011101 11111101 11101101 11011001 11001101 11111101 11111101 11011011 11111111 11110111 1110111 11011101 01111101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,010 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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To Your Name Give Glory Psalm 115:1-8
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