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A great Memorial Day saying/prayer for Sailors |
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Rontini599
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Posted: 28 May 2021 at 4:52pm |
Contributed by Gil Raynor! In Ocean waves no poppies blow No crosses stand in ordered row, Their young hearts sleep beneath the wave The spirited, the good, and the brave But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep, ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer On a certain spot and think he’s there But you can to the ocean go See whitecaps marching row on row; Know one for him will always ride, In and out with every tide And when your span of life is passed He’ll meet you at the ‘Captain’s Mast’ And they who mourn on distant shore, For sailors who will come home no more Can dry their tears and pray for these Who rest beneath the heaving seas, For stars that shine and winds that blow And whitecaps marching row on row And they can never lonely be, For when they lived, they chose the sea. |
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My heroes wear dog tags, not shoulder pads
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Nice!
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This poem is entitled In Waters Deep, and is by Eileen Mahoney.
Credit where credit is due.
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ET1ss Nuke; 1962 - 1973. SSN-588, CVA-63, SSBN-629 BLUE, SSN-669 PLANKOWNER, FICPAC
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