[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 107 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SO FAR ACROSS THE SHORES

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                            HON. NICK SMITH

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 17, 2003

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I present a writing by Albert 
Carey Caswell, one of our Capitol historians, dedicated to the United 
Kingdom--in honor of Tony Blair's address to the joint session of 
Congress.

        To send our fine sons and daughters off to die, off to 
     death and war to there throughout the ages, to share such 
     pain, such grief, such death and gore . . . as together we've 
     endured mothers & fathers, sisters & brothers, husbands & 
     wives the more . . . who've lost such loves, oh what a burden 
     bore.
       For we are such fine friends . . . so very far across the 
     shores as here so lies in time, now etched in history 
     adorned, such a great tribute to our love . . . as has so 
     endured lies such a bond from so very far across the shores, 
     with such unity as woven . . . all throughout time all the 
     more.
       For from these two great nations . . . as there would so 
     rise a love and kinship, such that wars would not let 
     despise, that even time and distance . . . still could not 
     deny as a true and fine meeting of the minds . . . as a 
     uniting of brothers and sisters . . . as there bringing such 
     tears to eyes.
       For once upon a time . . . from this the great land of 
     kings and queens of so divine came colonies, from far across 
     the seas . . . with such splendid people, with such great 
     dreams, so very fine and with this journey came, a great 
     revolution of the same . . . as a bond dissolved and wars so 
     intervened in time.
       And as then, throughout the many years as again . . . such 
     a cherished bond, as so formed here . . . as such a splendid 
     reconciliation, as so appeared and throughout war worlds & 
     evils endured, together as friends, to this world we've stood 
     as one so very clear.
       For from this great land has come, such cherished gifts to 
     us among as our father, our true beloved son . . . one George 
     Washington, who to this nation his heart has sung and another 
     such splendid gift . . . that of ``hope'' by a man named 
     ``Bob'' . . . whose America's heart has forever rung.
       And to this very day, as spreads so far across the way 
     ingrained within our very hearts, lies the United Kingdom . . 
     . for whom we all so pray who have so over the many decades, 
     made our Nation shine in so many ways, into this promised 
     land we see today.
       And as the years so pass within our hearts we ask, that 
     this fine bond which we've so made . . . shall to ever last 
     for this our great love & friendship which has so evolved . . 
     . recorded now in history, has forever stood steadfast.
       Now as such fine friends, so very far across the shores as 
     so lies such a bond, as one for all and all for one . . . 
     into our love as poured . . . as lies there forever more 
     across the highs seas & distant shores, a blessing to two 
     countries . . . within one another this love shall endure.

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