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To: bentfeather; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Darksheare; Old Sarge; radu; StarCMC; All
Good morning, Lair! Here's a victory poem this morning .. hope you are all having a great day!

The Republic
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on the fate!
We know what Master laid the keel,
What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel,
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis of the wave and not the rock;
'Tis but the flapping of the sail,
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee,
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,
Are all with thee, - are all with thee!

951 posted on 11/03/2004 7:03:41 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Good morning, Colonel. Perfect poem for today!

Have a wonderful day!


952 posted on 11/03/2004 7:13:54 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~Poetry is my forte.~)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Wonderful poem for today. Good, very good morning to you Colonel.


955 posted on 11/03/2004 7:39:42 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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