To: The Mayor
Bod Bless them..Boy that's the first time I ever did that.. God Bless them! Please forgive me..
20 posted on
12/29/2003 6:53:33 AM PST by
The Mayor
(You don't need to know where you're going if you let God do the leading)
To: The Mayor; Billie
Thank you both for today's thread. Amy's Place and I brought a little poetry over for Military Monday!
God Save the Flag
Washed in the blood of the brave and the blooming,
Snatched from the altars of insolent foes,
Burning with star-fires, but never consuming,
Flash its broad ribbons of lily and rose.
Vainly the prophets of Baal would rend it,
Vainly his worshippers pray for its fall;
Thousands have died for it, millions defend it,
Emblem of justice and mercy to all;
Justice that reddens the sky with her terrors,
Mercy that comes with her white-handed train,
Soothing all passions, redeeming all errors,
Sheathing the sabre and breaking the chain.
Borne on the deluge of all usurpations,
Drifted our Ark o'er the desolate seas,
Bearing the rainbow of hope to the nations,
Torn from the storm-cloud and flung to the breeze!
God bless the Flag and its loyal defenders,
While its broad folds o'er the battle-field wave,
Till the dim star-wreath rekindle its splendors,
Washed from its stains in the blood of the brave!
...Oliver Wendell Holmes
102 posted on
12/29/2003 5:52:25 PM PST by
JustAmy
(Remember our troops in your prayers for the rest of this year and everyday of the New Year!)
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