God’s House
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
A house where all the lights are on
It has a blazing furnace
Though fiery coals can keep us warm
If we won’t watch they’ll burn us
We live here in the southern valley
In a desert town
And when we look upon the hills
There are angels all around
It’s winter in Jerusalem
The LORD stands in his temple
The body of Christ can be seen
The evidence is ample
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Written on March 19, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 73 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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