The 11th Day of the 11th Hour...

[Slartibartfast]

As today is rememberence day here in the UK I send this it is a poem by Wilfred Owen and is called :-

 

Anthem for a doomed Youth

 

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons.

No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;

Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,

The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;

And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

What candles may be held to speed them all?

Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes

Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.

The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;

Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,

And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

 

To all those who have died and been injured may we remember them now and forever for what they gave so that we may have the freedom we should rightly covet... for being free is a gift that some give their lives so that others may experience it. To all the fallen on the battlefield may they rest in peace.

Edited November 11, 2010 by Slartibartfast

[+Wrench]

having just got starting getting (back) into FE...this is QUITE appropriate

 

wrench

kevin stein

[+Dave]

It was going to be the war to end all wars. We didn't learn much did we? God bless all our troops, our allies and those who paid the ultimate price for freedom.

[Jimbib]

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[+daddyairplanes]

tho meant for the ww1 guys our there this applies to vets of every conflict since 1914. please have a thought, prayer or drink as suites you for our brothers and sisters in still downrange today.

[Capitaine Vengeur]