United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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FROM THESE GRAY V ALLS From these gray walls, a thousand heroes sprung Have trod the field of Mars. These battlements That fro-wn upon the plain, to ancient vars Have sacrificed the bravest of their sons. They too were men. They were the mortal sons Of fathers and of mothers vhom they loved. They too had ga2;ed on dancing, sparkling eyes And kissed the lips they loved. Their spirit moved To the harmonies that stir our souls today. They loved the shining waters, and the skies, The plains and rugged hills that were their home. Now they have drunk the icy wine of death ! Bravely they gave the life for w hich they yearned, And now their shades, on tw ilight pinions hung, Speed through the silent void of space, their flight Wrapped in the sable shroud of endless night. While w e are free ! O, Thou, w hose outstretched arm Gives us our life, to Thee we make a prayer WTien our time comes, when ringing call to armis Sends us headlong to that vague frontier, Give us the strength to pay the debt w e owe. To rise in triumph above the tide of fear. When lightnings crash, and martial thunders roll, ■WTien the great deep shrinks from the blinding fires of Hell Then give us nerve to face the blazing steel. To bear the battle like the men that were. May w e fall like them, know ing w e have done Our duty to our country and our home.

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TY H ACHIEVE MEN OF iTioN or FOUND AN IDEA ,A5 THESE WORDS ARE CARVED IN STONE ALL ABOUT US . SO THEY V ILL BE CARVED IN OUR HEARTS AND AS V E SIT IN CHAPEL THE MORN ING SUN STREAMING THROUGH THE EASTERN V INDOW WILL BURN THEM INTO OUR SOULS FOREVER. .. AS WT PERFORM THE EVERY DAY DUTIES OF CADET LIFE MAY THIS IDEAL NEVER DIE . BUT RATHER INCREASE AND SOME DAY BECOME . , ACHIEVEMENT

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