Warfare

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Lift me up LORD; take me home
Because I do not walk alone
You sent your Spirit here to guide me
In Your presence You can hide me

I won’t go out into the night
You left me here to walk in light
It’s time to leave this breeding ground
Where righteous men cannot be found

We’ve walk into a fire fight
We cannot turn now or take flight
The Son will shine upon the day
When all my tears are wiped away

It’s getting colder in this place
The warfare leaves a bitter taste
But when I’m dead and buried here
I’ll ride again like Paul Revere

He waited till he saw the light
Then rode from town to town
Lord Jesus Christ is coming back
But with a different crown
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Written on December 23, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAA BBCC BBDD XXXX BEXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 667
Words 136
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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