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SERVICE OF COMMEMORATION
| The Bugle Echoes Shrill and Sweet | ||||
| (WALTHAM L.M.) | ||||
| Sergeant Joyce Kilmer* | J. Baptiste Calkin, 1872 | |||
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- The bugle ech oes shrill and sweet,
But not of war it sings today ;
The road is rhythmic with the feet
Of men at arms who come to pray, - The roses blossom white and red,
On tombs where weary soldiers lie ;
Flags wave above the honored dead,
And martial music cleaves the sky. - Above their wreath-strewn graves we kneel,
They kept the faith and fought the fight,
Through flying lead and crimson steel,
They plunged for Freedom and the Right, - May we, their grateful children,learn
Their strength, who lie beneath this sod,
Who went through fire and death to earn
At last the accolade of God. - In shining rank on rank arrayed,
They march, the legions of the Lord ;
He is their Captain unafraid,
The Prince of Peace who brought a sword.
A-men.
* Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, 165th Infantry, A. E. F., killed in Action July 30, 1918, near the Ourcq River, while observing the German positions for the Intelligence Division.
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