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Show I 1 Jn Honing fttatuirg (From the Rocky Mountain News.) The lilies of France are blooming By the little white crosses today,. Where America's sons are sleeping The years of their manhood away. They died on the altar of Freedom For liberty, right and truth; They sleep in glory immortal In the beauty and splendor of youth. The soldiers of France are marching By the fields where our loved ones lie Each one lifts a hand, saluting, As he silently passes by. The children of France are singing, While the bugles softly play, And the lilies of France droop lower O'er the little white crosses today. The women of France are kneeling By the graves they lovingly tend, And the breezes murmur gently As the Stars with their Tricolor blend. The women of France are kneeling 'Mid the graves so far away, And our hearts are kneeling with them By the little white crosses today. Anna Heald Clayton. 1 I |