Information Is Their God
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
When the working is all over
And the seeds are planted too
Then I’ll be traveling home sweet Lord
To sit and rest with You
The men of this world
Are impatient at best
They cannot find peace
And they’ll never have rest
What they see is understanding
Information is their god
Never hearing or perceiving
As they give the world a nod
What can I say about them?
That You haven’t already said
If they would turn You’d heal them
And they’d rise up from the dead
As it is they lay there empty
In the throws of pain and death
Remembering everything they said
And every worthless breath
So now I look to You my God
And praise You once again
For all the things You’ve done through me
Because I got to see them
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Written on October 07, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 10, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDCD EFEF GHFH DXGE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 716 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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