All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Our God and soldier we alike adore,
When at the brink of ruin, not before;
After deliverance read more

Our God and soldier we alike adore,
When at the brink of ruin, not before;
After deliverance both alike requited,
Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.

We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
That is a thing to weep for, not read more

We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we read more

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine--
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he read more

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his
back.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.