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Beyond the Wall
(version 2: rondeau redouble)
S.C.Jones
Beyond the wall now free from pain
A storm is passing, church bells peal.
The cold chill of the wind blown rain
With you now when hearts given feel.
Taken in youth here we appeal
Pray lasting peace this last campaign.
For you the living we now kneel
Beyond the wall now free from pain.
We, to you, appear comrades slain
Yet we are here of your ordeal.
Give vent to your hearts, all humane,
A storm is passing, church bells peal.
Let none among us here conceal
Knowing what freedom shall ordain.
All our shared suffering pain here real
The cold chill of the wind blown rain.
Names on granite can not explain
What further fate war and hate seal.
Rise up anew. Let peace now reign
With you now when hearts given feel.
We dead gave life your souls to heal.
Passing among you we remain.
Time goes on and time will reveal
That we have not here died in vain
Beyond the wall.
Beyond the Wall (v.2)
Comments welcome.
All contents copyright (C) 1997, S.C.Jones
All rights reserved.
Revised: August 19, 1997
URL: http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Acropolis/1915
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