lay my body – v2

gather me to your bosom,
my mother, my Ukraina,
bury me high on a hillside,
in the black soil,
above the Dnipro…
 
let me rest in my homeland,
let me feel her sweet caress,
until I fly up to my Father,
to my eternal rest…
 
bring me from the foreign lands,
to my homeland, Ukraina,
bring me home to my mother,
to her bosom, her black soil,
above the Dnipro…
 
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November 1, 2024
lay my body – v2
 
after poem, “lay my body”,
based on the poem, “The Testament”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
written Christmas Day, 1845,
when he was 31 years old,
the desire to be buried in Ukraine,
see link to Taras Hill, his burial site…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Hill
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Edited November 1, 2024
Don't forget your mother – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/dont-forget-your-mother-v2.html
after poem, “Don't forget your mother”,
based on the poem, “The Epistle”,
1 John 4:20
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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