Are you sure you cannot do it?
Are you really satisfied
That you never can go through it?
Have you tried?
Do a thousand doubts assail you
With their darts from every side
Till your hope and courage fail you?
Have you tried?
Have you ceased to dream of winning?
Have your expectations died?
Have you really had your inning?
Have you tried?
Memorial Day v1929
Exodus 12:14. “And this day shall be unto you for a memorial.”
Their drums are still. Their banners all are furled.
They feel no more the battle’s fiery breath.
Theirs is the vastest army in the world,
Encamped upon the silent fields of death.
Of peace and happiness they paid the price.
Their Via Dolorosa did they tread.
They climbed the Calvary of sacrifice,
And found a place among the mighty dead.
The years roll on, but as they pass away
Let not this tender memory grow old.
By the sweet, smiling blossoms of the May
Let their fair story be forever told.