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Freely

Michael Davis

Verse1
God has given love
through the death of His only Son.
This gift of love
and gift of life
has for me new life begun.

Verse2
Jesus left heaven's splendor
and gave up every right;
that in my sin
and in my darkness,
I may see the light.

Verse 3
As costly as this was,
all this was given free.
This gift of grace
and gift of hope
has been given now to me.

Chorus
Freely I've received and freely I must give.
Freely He has given of these riches from above.
Freely I've received and freely I must give.
Freely I must share with you the riches of His love.

©1979 Michael S. Davis
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme abcbxc axdxed axfxxf eGbGb e
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 556
Words 116
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 5, 1
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Michael Davis

I am a 57 year oldbi-vocational pastor and insurance agent. I wrote my first poem (Through the Haze of Life) at age 19 during the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in college. I wrote another that evening in the moonlight. (A Reflecting Wave) It took me totally by surprise and I kept them to myself as I looked to see if i could find them in the library. I figured I had just remembered it from somewhere. I hadn't. I have written a couple of hundred since then. The majority of them for my wife. She has let me post a few. I have a daughter and 3 step-daughters, and 4 beautiful grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) and one on the way. There are many sources of poetic inspiration in my life. Fortunately for me, most are positive, though I have known my share heartache and there will be poems that reflect that. I look forward to the interaction with others who have discovered the joy of putting the musings of their hearts into words. more…

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