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The tolling of a fallen heart The rendering of the hearts that weep I rest my body near a tomb and lay me down to sleep I sleep to hear the moans of war the embattled spirits cry to me please no more graves of war be made, the echo from a digger's grave The dirt upon my hands I see, of blood and dirt and bodies torn My hands do hold this heavy clump, my mind can only see, my digger's grave, far lost from humanity I awake to hear the spirits cry, my heart in sadness be, to hear the tolling bells, of fallen hearts, and the rendering of these souls that weep So let the dove of peace,upon our land- forever be...
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Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 at 4:13 AM UTC
The grave digger's dream- a dream for peace-a revision
The tolling of a fallen heart The rendering of the hearts that weep I rest my body near a tomb and lay me down to sleep I sleep to hear the moans of war the embattled spirits cry to me please no more graves of war be made, the echo from a digger's grave The dirt upon my hands I see, of blood and dirt and bodies torn My hands do hold this heavy clump, my mind can only see, my digger's grave, far lost from humanity I awake to hear the spirits cry, my heart in sadness be, to hear the tolling bells, of fallen hearts, and the rendering of these souls that weep So let the dove of peace,upon our land- forever be...
rw-dennen
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Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 at 4:13 AM UTC
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