Jesus Paid It All

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



When you live by the sword;
Then you die by the same.
When you don’t heed the word;
Then there’s no one to blame.

If you can’t find the answer
In the letter I wrote;
Check your mail every day
And I’ll drop you a note.

You know that my love
Is the door you must enter.
If you knock I’ll come in
And I’ll give you a center!

You know that I love you
And I always will;
Though your debt was enormous,
I still paid your bill!
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Written on March 18, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 14, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCXC XBXB XDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 435
Words 102
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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