To: ExGeeEye
I remember hearing that verse as a kid and getting goosebumpy and teary-eyed even before I had a real understanding of it. I had forgotten it. Thanks for posting it!
275 posted on
05/06/2004 6:16:46 AM PDT by
Wneighbor
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To: Wneighbor
You're welcome...glad to help :)
I have an old LP, The Song of America composed by Roy Ringwald and performed by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians...a great deal of poetic Americana set to music, which helps me remember the poetry better than if I had merely heard it spoken or read it.
I can share more of it as dates and events make it relevant. This July 4, for example, I intend to post an excerpt from a piece titled "The Building of the Ship" whose author's name escapes me for the moment.
287 posted on
05/06/2004 7:06:14 AM PDT by
ExGeeEye
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