Wake Up

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Wake up O sleeper
The day has drawn near
The day of your judgment
The one that you fear

What can I say you haven’t already heard?
I can’t say a thing, not even a word!
But know this my loved one the end’s surely coming;
You cannot escape even with all your running!

So, what will become of those who worship the world?
Into the fire with Satan they will be hurled!
Don’t let the fate of the wicked become yours.
A man receives only all that he has stored.

Make what you’ve stored love and beauty and grace.
And then in the end you will see His face!
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Written on April 21, 2006

Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 31, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BBCC DDXX EE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 562
Words 122
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

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