Enjoy Life
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
There’s a vanity that takes place,
Righteous people with wicked deeds;
Considered a sinful disgrace,
Becoming greedy in their needs.
I said that this is vanity,
That compliments joy in life;
Sometimes causing insanity,
Possibly resulting in strife.
God condemns merriment and mirth,
That the man has nothing better;
Sexual perversion to cause birth,
As to lust for a jetsetter.
To eat and drink both day and night,
His toil through the days of life;
That God has given the sunlight,
To have enjoyment with a wife.
I applied my heart in wisdom,
To see the business has begun;
Preparing for the Lord’s Kingdom,
When my life on earth has been done.
Neither day nor night do you see,
All of the work that God has done;
The wondrous works of His decree,
The work performed under the sun.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
Man Cannot Know God's Ways Ecclesiastes 8:14-17
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Written on May 25, 2024
Submitted by rnsherrer on May 24, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 175 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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