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\u201cHave you news of my boy Jack?\u201d
Not this tide.<\/em>\u201cWhen d\u2019you think that he\u2019ll come back?\u201d
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHas any one else had word of him?\u201d
Not this tide.
For what is sunk will hardly swim,
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.<\/em>
\u201cOh, dear, what comfort can I find?\u201d
None this tide,
Nor any tide,
Except he did not shame his kind \u2014
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide.<\/em>
Then hold your head up all the more,
This tide,
And every tide;
Because he was the son you bore,
And gave to that wind blowing and that tide! <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That\u2019s all for today. Just the thanks to those who served and died.<\/p>\n
*This was a reprint from a previous Veterans day that, sadly, still applies. \u00a0I added only a little. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a time when we could thank our veterans for something, instead of reducing ourselves to thanking them for nothing. And in so doing, the true worth of freedom is being forgotten. Thanks to those who gave the last full measure of devotion for we who too quickly forget. \u00a0Perhaps it\u2019s because there are so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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