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Topic: NOVEMBER 11TH

Posted By: ducaninfrance
Subject: NOVEMBER 11TH
Date Posted: November 10 2011 at 5:16pm

For The Fallen

    With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
    England mourns for her dead across the sea.
    Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
    Fallen in the cause of the free.

    Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
    Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
    There is music in the midst of desolation
    And a glory that shines upon our tears.

    They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
    Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
    They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
    They fell with their faces to the foe.

    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.

    They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
    They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
    They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
    They sleep beyond England's foam.

    But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
    Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
    To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
    As the stars are known to the Night;

    As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
    Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
    As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
    To the end, to the end, they remain.

"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"

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Duncan.

Peace is that brief, quiet moment in history.......... when everybody stands around reloading.

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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 10 2011 at 10:32pm

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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

Posted By: Ed Hill
Date Posted: November 11 2011 at 12:44am

Thanks to all who served or are serving in the military. You don't get properly recognized, but still maintain high spirits.