Judgment Day

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

September 22 


Seal up the word; you’ll harden your heart
Then you will hear Him say: Depart!
Depart from Me I never knew you
Though I knit you together and then I grew you

I raised you up for my delight
I raised you up to be my light
A brilliant beacon in this dark world
At you many insults should have been hurled

But you rejected Me in these last days
And you turned aside from all My ways
Now you stand condemned at the sound of My voice
But not by Me; by your own choice!
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Written on March 04, 2005

Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 08, 2022

Modified on March 29, 2023

29 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 466
Words 99
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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