A Thirst for Love
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
O Lord I am on my hands and knees.
My Lord it’s You I seek to please.
I came here with the water from earth.
So, you might quench your mighty thirst.
You said: Its love that I thirst for;
Upon the earth, My wrath I’ll pour.
They would not come; though I had called.
So now they will all be appalled.
To see for them, what might have been.
But now will not because of sin.
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Written on July 18, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 07, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 379 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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