Thursday, November 12, 2009

...On this Rememberance Day....




THE ODE
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn*.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
Quote from "Lest we Forget" by Laurence Binyon




10th Light Horse Brigade
(front row first on the right)

Charles Henry George Dawes
2 August 1910-18 July 1970
❤My Maternal Grandfather❤


Poem by Laurence Binyon

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is a 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 uncountered:
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 contemn*.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at 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 are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end they remain.

They shall grow not old....as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn*
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.


* "contemn" original interpretation for "contempt"



Proudly Australian
Solemnly Remembering

Thank you to those who have served their country.

Lest We Forget


Jewelz

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

(0: Normal Programing Will Return VERY Soon :0)





I really REALLY haven't abandoned you

No I haven't.

I'll be back...perhaps even a little later today :0)


Cheers

xXx

Jewelz