Uintah Basin Record | 1932-05-20 | Page 7 | Roses for the Veterans

Roses for forthe the Veterans The mothers on the byways have looks of yearning sadness And helmets by the stairways zsA flood homes with memories A sense of loss on gay days subdues subdues sub sub- dues the note of gladness While winter with its gray days moans through the l lonely nely trees jy- jy And fathers on the May days pin pinon pinon pinon on their scarlet poppies And gratitude on onay ay days reminds reminds reminds re re- minds of others' others loss Read tead Christ in in Flanders Sundays A and pass around their copies Recall their boys in old days before before be be- i fore they faced lie Jie cross Plant roses by the highways for boys that manned the trenches Place stars along the skyways for aces of the clouds And Arid maples on the boulevards which grief with tears fears Let cedars in lone graveyards guard those our love enshrouds Forget nots strew always along the veterans' veterans marches And keep the tombs and memories of loyal heroes green So may the golden gateway gate with glorious rainbow arches the veterans' veterans roadway that tha leads to the Unseen