Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well.
Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead.
-The Havamal
Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well.
Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead.
-The Havamal
2 comments:
What a moving story.
Years ago, while researching my Father in laws infantry service, I exchanged emails with a French woman who had adopted the graves of some GI's in Normandy. She and her sons had "adopted" six graves. She said she was teaching her young sons to appreciate and never forget the men who came so far to fight and die, so they could be free.
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