Statue of Liberty Birthday

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Open Poetry #43

Statue of Liberty Birthday

Abe
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since 2003-05-28

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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2008-10-15 10:09 AM

STILL YOUNG AT HEART
(October 28, 1886)

You're a tall and stately "Lady”
Your head held up, so proud and high -
A book of our laws in one hand -
The other, lighting freedoms' sky.

You have greeted many millions
To the gates of freedoms land -
You offered them a way of life
Not found in their fatherland.

You have welcomed home our troops
From those far-off foreign wars -
Where they fought and died for liberty
To keep oppression from our shores.

You have turned one century old
Though, you do not show your age
And, in our books of history
You have turned many a page.

You've observed a lot of changes
But through all, stayed young-at-heart
Still honoring those promises
That were made right at the start.

So, have a Happy Birthday, Lady
And may your light forever shine -
We thank you for your tireless vigil
At the worlds' freedom lifeline.

09.28.1986

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-10-15 11:32 AM

Abe, thank you for the beautifully written tribute to our grand Lady Liberty.

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