Live Life Today
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I can’t put my finger on what lies in store
But I feel what will happen has all happened before
Though it might seem foolish as we run and we run
Yet I know that this story has only just begun
You can’t get away from it chained to the earth
Turn your eyes to heaven so you’ll find your new birth
Life is a cycle but someday it will end
Start looking forward so you’ll find yourself a friend
That’s what Jesus calls you if you hold fast to his teaching
Now go on and get started; life’s too short just for preaching
There is nothing that is new under the sun
Everything is new under the Son
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Written on May 31, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE BB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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