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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECORATION DAY PRAYER, by ARTHUR ROSZELLE BEMIS JR. First Line: Lord of our fathers, hear our prayer Last Line: Them from the awful fray. Subject(s): Holidays; Memorial Day; Declaration Day | |||
Lord of our fathers, hear our prayer For those who paid the price; Our stalwart youth, so brave and fair, Who made the sacrifice. They slumber in the cypress' shade, They, who so nobly died; Facing destruction unafraid, All for a nation's pride. We honor them and weep to think Of youthful hearts so still. O Lord, that youth like this should drink So soon from Lethe's rill! The price of peace is far too high In youthful limb and life. To You, O gracious God, we cry Through clouds of hate and strife. We pray that in the hearts of man The flame of hate may die; That clouds of war no more shall span Our nation's peaceful sky. Lord of our fathers, hear our prayer For youth now free and gay; We pray that You may ever spare Them from the awful fray. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL DAY by JOSEPHINE MILES MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE WAR DEAD by YEHUDA AMICHAI MEMORIAL DAY by MICHAEL ANANIA AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE DEATH OF GRANT by AMBROSE BIERCE MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS VANQUISHED; ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE |
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