North Bend High School - Hesperia Yearbook (North Bend, OR)

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To those who have lost faith Hearken' To the words whzspered by trees and wmcls and thundered by the waves of the ocean Hearken' Open thy ears and eyes and heart to these sounds And wlth Gods help restore thy faxth Whxle I tell thxs tale of courage Twas rn 1492 a courageous band of men Defxed all rules to found our land Shall we forget? Followed by other settlers dnven by persecutxon from thelr homeland Settlers hardened to flght the ravages o Indxans dxsease and hardshxps Content wxth promlses of opportunmes Content wxth promises of freedom Shall we forget? More men came to thus promxsed land So belxevmg m lts nchness they stamed lts soil with their blood And now If stood ln the beauty of nts youth The symbol of freedom l1ke a gem sparkllng and deslred by all men Shall we forget? As her youth took on maturlty a guldmg hand took form To blossom into the Corstltutxon of the Umted States of Amenca And 1 government of the people by the people for the people A government whlch bore such leaders as XVashmgton and Lmcoln A govemment for whlch brother fought fought friend brother cousm fought cousm friend Oh yes' The blood flowed freely m the ClVll War but at nts end we stnll stoo The Umted States of Amerlca Shall we forget? New she grew by leaps and bounds cl Encouraged and nourished by men of vnsxon Who proclaxmed her the leader of nations Shall We adage! Set apart from other nauons by two oceans Yet looked upon by these same nations as a country on 1ts way to power and greatness Shall we forget? ut peace was not yet to rexgn supreme or would be conquerors raised their 311113 shout defxance and make alhance Wnth a tyrant friend called Death Tlus tyrant showed no mercy to the nch or to the poor And cllmaxed its oppressnon m the FIISI World War Must we forget? Shall we forget? And when If had passed we stood the Wnth the countless number of graves The only vrslble slgn of conflict Fxcept for the tears m the eyes of a mother And the cry on the llps of everyone Is It worth ur? Shall we forget? XVe started agaln on the path to Peace But blockmg our treacherous way S ood lVladam Fate with a mocking smile And lh sarcastlc tones dld say You thmk you have happmess m the cup ol your hand That everythmg IS just flne But In blockmg that path to happmess Wlth the depression of twenty nme' And her prophecy dnd not waver ln the tmlest degree Men gave their llves and men dnd cry It lt worth xt to be free? But out of the wrack and rum Sprang a spmt young and bold Manlfested un F D R our leader And wxth mflmte power took hold To hft us from the murky depths And place our feet on unwavermg ground A character fme and true to mold At last xt had been found' VICIOI' We sxdled toward that luU5lVC peace And cned and begged and pleaded- Contentment ull we catch our breath, no one heeded h yes' We had a lrttle peace whale other nanons fell out of a sky of blue they came o warnmg dad they tell yes' We fought and men did die Luke cattle drxven to slaughter They dxed ln mountams they dled m forests they died m the lmpassxve water call It heroic to d1e lh battle you country you dld defen can a dead hero ever take the place a lovmg son of a lovmg frxend In the heart of the one who loved h1m7 ut Tx Oh VU e or ut Of Nom lf IS over and again we have won Wxrh help of many a friend ,And x e worry about taxes and polltlcs And u hat lS the new fashxon trend IS a troubling question wlthstand the test? nt stro ? nt bessg mto her hmrory and I Yet undemeath C' n democracy Is II weak? I Is nt good? I ust look back w1ll quote XVe shall not fall' IS what everybody Well keep on strugglmg uphill No matter how hard the cllmb Because we have something worth flghtmg or Peace and happiness And xce cream sodas for a dime Wfe shall not forget' So to those who have lost faith I-learren l'o the words whispered by trees and winds and thundered by the waxes of the ocean Hearken' Open thv ears and eyes and heart to these sounds And mth God s help restore thy faith For mth thv fanth thv hope and thy love Democracy and peace shall not pensh from thls earth Ongmal Poem by BARBARA PASQUAN 5671107 E7lgl15,J . .4 - aa . B - , O , . . l , . 4 , ' t ' N ' . ' , . 7 ' Y . - 7 . . . . . 3 . . F V T - d, . , . , , 2 I , . B ' I' n , - as - ss F - ' ' V V ' ' . . . . . q To - - ' ' ' ' ' ' . s ' 3 - s - - . s . 7 I s 4 1 v . ' Q H ' 7? ' ' V ' ' Can we forget? Wrote- , . . . I. . . . A , Q ' ' . . f .Q ' ' 7 u v 5 . . . ' , ' . ' Y , v , . . 9 - U ' ' -- H . - I 0 . , .' I s , . . . , . . . - . , 7 ' ' ' . . , - . ' v , . . ,W . . I L, . ' ' K - ' 7,5 ' ' 3 . 7 H ' ' n M ' ' '7 7 5

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