Mark Pack

Lest we forget

By | Sun 8th November 2009 - 10:31 am

What do we forget when we remember
What are the stories left untold
What do we think each November
As we march down that glory road
As we march down that gory road

One hundred million
Don’t come home from war
Another eight hundred million
Who lived to bear its scar
Who lived to bear its scar

Lest we forget
What they were dying for
Lest we forget
What they were killing for
Lest we forget
What the hell it was for

What do we forget when we remember…

Owen Griffiths

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One Comment

  • Cllr Patrick Smith 8th Nov '09 - 1:03pm

    Remember

    Remember me when I am gone away
    Gone far away into the silent land
    When you can no more hold me by the hand
    Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

    Remember me when no more day to day
    You tell me of our future that you planned:
    Only remember me: you understand
    It will be late to counsel then or pray
    For if you should forget me for a while
    And afterwards remember,do not grieve:
    For if the darkness and corruption leave
    A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
    Better by far you should forget and smile
    Than that you should remember and be sad.

    (Christina Rosetti 1830-94)

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