Showing posts with label North America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North America. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2015

Lest We Forget The Faith of Our Fathers (for North America)





Here, on the self-same sod that lured forefathers from afar
To brave the mighty sea that rose between borders, we are
The evidence of blessing sprawls across the nation wide
We till the self-same sod where generations lived and died
And soon, for no one is immune, we too will lie beneath
This place of goldenrod in bloom and zephyr-tousled heath

But now we are, armed with the only thing of any worth
A new Today; to leave a little labor on its girth
Thus we, before our blood and bones pervades this very dust
Should view its undertaking as an offering of Trust
And never, for a moment dare to entertain the thought
That we are now entitled to more than forefathers sought

Here, on the self-same sod they craved the very things we do
Freedom and family, a little house to come home to
And many, on the eventide by light of candle lit
Would open up the Word of God and read and pray a bit
Knowing that by His grace alone they toil and till and trod
Oh, pray we are as faithful as they, on this self-same sod

© Janet Martin