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Lest we forget

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

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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…

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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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