Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget On the eleventh hour Of the eleventh day In the eleventh month... The guns fell silent on the Western front… The Great War, the war to end all wars, was done… Many of our youth and manhood lay still and dead on the battlefields of Europe… The war was...

Adieu, A Heart-Worm Fond Adieu

Adieu, A Heart-Warm, Fond Adieu Adieu, a heart warm, fond adieu, Dear brothers of the mystic tie! Ye favored, ye enlightened few, Companions of my social joy! Tho’ I to foreign lands must hie, Pursuing fortune’s sliddery ba’,–– With melting heart and...

The Old Master’s Wages

I met a dear old man today, who wore a Masonic pin, It was old and faded like the man, It's edges were worn quite thin. I approached the park bench where he sat, To give the old brother his due, I said, "I see you've traveled east," He said, "I have,...