[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 158 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2087]
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         DULCE AND DECORUM EST . . . BY JAMES F. CAHALAN, PH.D.

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 15, 2001

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit the 
following poem for the Record.

                         Dulce and Decorum Est


                        Jim Cahalan, May 5, 2001

     They once were boys, like you and me, Just little boys, not 
           heroes then; Just small and ordinary.
     No one could have known that when
     Their country called them overseas They'd give their all, 
           more than could bear We who stayed in tranquil leas, 
           Gave out medals, but no care.
     We must engrave this one bold truth Of noble men who give 
           their all, Keep us free from harm, forsooth, Safe, 
           content, and out of thrall;
     Who leave behind their homes and wives All to brave those 
           hellish places, Sacrifice their very lives, Saving our 
           eternal blazes,
     And work to make much, much the less Of strife and human 
           misery: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria vivere.

           

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