Mourn not the Dead

Mourn not the Dead
by Ralph Chaplin

video by Bill Schaeffer copyright(C)2014

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Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie
Dust unto dust
The calm, sweet earth that mothers all who die
As all men must;

Mourn not your captive comrades who must dwell
Too strong to strive
Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell,
Buried alive;

But rather mourn the apathetic throng
The cowed and the meek
Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong
And dare not speak!

Ralph Chaplin, Mourn Not the Dead

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Shot on location at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California