We will remember them...

We will remember them...

Postby Jann » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:49 am

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 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 condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with 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.

Laurence Robert Binyon, 1869-1943
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Postby Maywalk » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:03 am

God Bless Them All. Lovely poem Jann.

I never knew my Uncle but he was one of the thousands who lost their lives in WW1.

I will be observing the two minutes silence at 11am.
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Postby Corrie » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:58 am

Very poignant. I will always remember.
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Postby Rowan » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:30 pm

I hate wars but for the brave men and women who have to fight them, I have every respect. More so this year since Sean is in Afghanistan. We heard from him today - brief relief then back to worrying.
Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee.
Gaelic Proverb

Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
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