MUFFLED CADENCE
The sound of shot.
The roar of gun.
Thy will be done
blares the drum.
The sudden shock.
The news farflung.
Thy will be done
beats the drum.
The hour of grief.
The darkened sun.
Thy will be done
rolls the drum.
The sound of shot.
The grave begun.
Thy will be done
mourns the drum.
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by N Marshall Bertsch
(N Marshall Bertsch is a Republican who was profoundly
griefstricken by the assassination of John F Kennedy).
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The valiant never taste of death but once.
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The valiant never taste of death but once.
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It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
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I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
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To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
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Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
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If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be found!.
