Submissions by EleazarSwan

About this time some years ago
Before the fields were red
Children played and grew in life
Daring not the future's stead
Every mountain valley played
Fields of green were filled with shade
Gold was but a thought and glimmer
Heaps of dust for pans to simmer
Interims besought the nations
Just as time brought tribulations
Kindness of the pure surmise
Love is true as lightened eyes
Mighty waves rolled by the Spirit
Neither fool nor wise did fear it
On that day the children knew
Precious was that gift for you...

With the great and lovely lillies
Christ was born across the sea
With a passion that lamented
All the sins of you and me
As he died to make us holy
Let us die to make men free!
His Truth is marching on

Who can make a brand new day?
Or let the sun shine down on man?
Who can light a single ray?
Or give us each a perfect plan?
God alone will weigh the heart
For truly it is God to start
I thank my God for life and thee
And freedom underneath the tree
For chirping birds and summer rains
For autumn leaves and winter pains
For trials lead to victory
And tribulation sets us free
I count it joy, and knowing fully
None, to me, can be a bully
For He who makes the dawn his friend
And wraps the dusk until the end
Keeps...

Have you been to Arlington?
A dreadful sight to see
To gaze ahead at those long dead
Springs readily to me
Go see them there at Arlington!
The cross of memory
The tombs of lead of those long dead
Who fought for you and me
Don't weep for those at Arlington!
For tears have flowed far more than blood
By those who haven't tasted death
But tasted of its torrent flood
Recall the souls of Arlington!
The men who fought for freedom's cause
And when your mind drifts down to war
Give space to life
And pause.