In memoriam [poem]

Title: In memoriam [poem]
Creator: Acuña, Apolinario A.
Language: English
Year: 1944
Rights
Fulltext: 1944 Po e ms 43 In Mem o ria m By APOLINARIO A. ACURA 1. Fallen heroes are leaves fallen from the tree of summer, scattered o’er fields: faces once flushed with sunshine, vibrant with dir now' sonibe. with shadows, silent, . still. 2. With dust and prayer Honour buried each one: a leaf to a plot; a plot'for a leaf— so many leaves so many plots. 6. 3. And tilled by Love, watered With tears of Grief, they grow row upon row of stones or crosses. 4. Sleeping rows that when touched by the magic ivand of 'Memory stirs and rises up. 5. And frfrm out of each bed of. stone or cross blossoms forth a flower, a radiant flower— GLORY-of-thc.-land! (How rare yon flowers are! Hoiv sweet, their smell! H'ow prized by all!) Now pleated into garlands, Men meat them. over their hearts. Two Men By JOSE LA MADRID ANGELES He loved his country. Yes in words Alone but failed to act. He did not know his sweat and hand Were what his big words lucked He claimed he loved his lurid Then what? The flowers and trees rwd soil? He loved not knowing who' < ,.ho. And did no fruitful toil (Another in great silence toiled unknown, by them he loved ■ J