As I have done before, I’m posting two things for Memorial Day. The first is a poem that Robert Service wrote after World War I:<\/p>\n
PILGRIMS<\/p>\n
For oh, when the war will be over
\nWe\u0092’ll go and we\u0092’ll look for our dead;
\nWe\u0092’ll go when the bee\u0092’s on the clover,
\nAnd the plume of the poppy is red:
\nWe\u0092’ll go when the year\u0092’s at its gayest,
\nWhen meadows are laughing with flow\u0092’rs;
\nAnd there where the crosses are greyest,
\nWe\u0092’ll seek for the cross that is ours.<\/p>\nFor they cry to us: Friends, we are lonely,
\nA-weary the night and the day;
\nBut come in the blossom-time only,
\nCome when our graves will be gay:
\nWhen daffodils all are a-blowing,
\nAnd larks are a-thrilling the skies,
\nOh, come with the hearts of you glowing,
\nAnd the joy of the Spring in your eyes.<\/p>\nBut never, oh, never come sighing,
\nFor ours was the Splendid Release;
\nAnd oh, but \u0092’twas joy in the dying
\nTo know we were winning you Peace!
\nSo come when the valleys are sheening,
\nAnd fledged with the promise of grain;
\nAnd here where our graves will be greening,
\nJust smile and be happy again<\/em>.<\/p>\nAnd so, when the war will be over,
\nWe\u0092’ll seek for the Wonderful One;
\nAnd maiden will look for her lover,
\nAnd mother will look for her son;
\nAnd there will be end to our grieving,
\nAnd gladness will gleam over loss,
\nAs \u2013 glory beyond all believing!
\nWe point …\u0085 to a name on a cross.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe second is a link to remind you of those who gave their all for their country, and some of the others that it affects:<\/p>\n