In praise of
those who have gone before us
Those we count
on still
Quiet, stoic
granite men
Long in the land and happy for the stillness,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
the thick wood, the craggy shore,
Long in the land and happy for the stillness,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
the thick wood, the craggy shore,
the stormy sea,
where they work.
Flinty like the earth
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
Of older stuff, not blowing with the winds,
Flinty like the earth
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
Of older stuff, not blowing with the winds,
Remembering
the creed
of holding the tongue, a stiff upper lip
of holding the tongue, a stiff upper lip
and shoulders
to the task before them.
Idle hands
they have not
Knowing the
value of work
Of a job well
done
And we are richer for it
And we are richer for it
Flinty Yankees
of the land
and we are
thankful for the harvest
of their busy
hands.
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edited April 27, 2015
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v8
(editing version 4)
edited December 31, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v7
(editing version 2)
edited October 20, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v6
(editing version 4)
edited March
25, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v5
(editing original again)
Edited December 23, 2013
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v4
editing original again)
Edited
November 28, 2013
In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v3
(editing
original again)
(Thanksgiving
Day)
Edited
May 4, 2013
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
September
20, 2005 12:41
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees”
–
While I was driving to work this morning on Rte 101 in NH, one of the NHPR reporters
was talking about the new Encyclopedia of New England (http://www.unh.edu/news/news_releases/2005/september/em_050919encyclopedia.htm).
They were commenting how New England isn’t just made up of maple syrup, town
meetings, and taciturn Yankees.
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