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#265415 05/28/2012 12:31 AM
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Decoration Day

Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
On this Field of the Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!



Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon's sudden roar,
Or the drum's redoubling beat.



But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.



All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!



Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.



Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.





-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow








Last edited by Pitbull63; 05/28/2012 12:45 AM.

In memory of my loyal companion Nitro.
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Very poignant. Thanks for posting.

Grumpy #265469 05/29/2012 04:07 AM
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God Bless them all!


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