Thanksgiving on Memorial Day

The battlefield is silent now
     And those who died lie still;
Today those left will to them bow:
     With thanks our hearts are filled.

And we remember families left    
To grieve their dead on earth;
In this life they are here bereft
     Of those in heaven birthed.

We pledge that they’ve not died in vain
     To liberty secure,
And we will never here disdain
     What they make for us sure.

May God enfold them in His arms—
     Our dead and families all—
And keep from everlasting harm
     All those who on God call. 

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