Scott High School - Talaria Yearbook (Coatesville, PA)

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The Tlmes Demand The war rs over' The war rs won' The peace rs srgnedl The yob rs done' e dymqs ended' The war rs wo The peace xs srqned' The yob IS done' u wars wrll not end and suffenng cease When men sxgn the parchment they call the peace A war that rs fought for the freedom of men Must be won ln each vrllaqe and Cnty aqaxn For lrsten to words In the street rn the Senate Lrsten to landlord lrsten to tenant Lrsten to tallc at a soda fountam Words that pxle up from molehrll to mountain The whlspered words No Iews Restrrcted For colored only Exclusions depxcted By srqn and by law by custom and pnde In places you eat tn the trams you rxde Burres the truth or stmgs the hrde Words that flare up luke a fountain of flame Words that accuse words that blame Words that make eprthet out of a name Words that brurse that krll that marm Repeatxng a rumor repeatmq a story Wrlcl words of hate words wrthout glory Words that whrsper or shout or roar Words that lose battles won rn the war Ive walked along my crtys streets A thousand trmes Ive seen that thmgs my lazy mmd Would have me see Packed neatly rn the patterned pleasantnes that Wall my lrfe But yesterday some new thrnq Was lt God or restlessness or war Cut cataracts of habrt from my sxght And there thmgs I had not seen before Squahd houses huddled rn the cllrt Some lands they looked lrke mce lads too And when he ran called lew I saw the hate behmd the eyes That passed me rn the street I saw the lrvmg lrfe had lamed I saw my arrogance of heart I saw myself a soul apart I saw myself ashamed Th ' ' . ' n! B t ' ' And a thoughtless word, a wrong implied,

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The Times Demand The trmes demand that people thmk Thxnk not m patterns that were cut By other hands and made to lit Wxth bustled padd1ng rutile gore Upon a world that IS no more The txmes demand that people know the facts Behrnd the treatxes tarlfts pacts And probe relentlessly the sore That breeds the butter pestrlence ot war People must see must thmk must know The glory and the gnel of those Who stand lor rxght rf they would meet The challenge ot the ttmes demand The tnmes demand that people act' To see to thmk to know are not enough The raw and bxtter stuff that makes a world Is made no better when we say l know these ugly facts are true People must act must work must buxld Wrth all the vxgor and the skxll they own People lrom farms lrom crtles and from towns People rn homes rn oltrce shops and mrlls Must make a world less bloody and drstraught The kmd ot world tor whrch men long have lought The trmes demand' And IH the challenge ot the ttmes Now many years ago was born A movement based on human need That grew beyond the tetrshes Of class and race and creed The people of the world stretched out thetr hearts Across the barrrers ol words of creed ol brrth And clasped the mrgrant mystery of lalth' Falth rn the love ol God For all the peoples ot the earth Forth rn the dlgmty the worth Of all manktnd The chotce IS here' The trmes demand a choxce' You cannot wxth your hands alone Carve out a world You cannot wrth your delegates Elect a human race thats land But standrng tall together rn the lrght Ot iarth and honest tact You people ol the world Can make a pact A pact to seek the road To tollow Hrs command To hnd the courage that the tlmes demand