Good Shepherd’s Place

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Across the river my paradise waits
A house that becomes my home
With fields and trees and pasturelands
No longer the flock will roam

And if one of these little ones fall
I’ll lift it back up again
There is no curse in God’s kingdom at all
But only good will toward men

The ones on whom His favor rests
Like shepherds out in the field
They’re there to watch and guard and keep
And all the sick to heal
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Written on September 26, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 18, 2022

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 408
Words 82
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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