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In a Blaze of Glory

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

Good advice from a reliable source
Is what I need today;
To follow any other course
Will just lead us astray!

What can you say when the teachers
Of the Law don’t have the answer?
The mixing of a lie with truth
Spreads through this world like cancer!

They think the world and Jesus’ words
Can somehow be their friends;
It is this wrong assumption
That will glorify their ends.

But he has told us plainly
It must be one or the other!
You cannot mix a lie with truth
And call Messiah brother!
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Written on July 25, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 08, 2022

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCDC XEXE XCDC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 496
Words 104
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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