May's Tribute

 May's Tribute  -DECORATION DAY- MEMORIAL DAY 

By Helen L Smith 

We deck with flags and strew with flowers 
The sod where sleep those men of ours- 
The heroes of the nation, who 

Gave, when its need of men they knew, 

Themselves, as brave men dare to do. 

From staff and spire hang banners 

low;

We follow drumbeats hushed and slow.

The very birds, it seems to me, 

Sing with a softer melody. 

The breezes, laden with perfume, 

From garden growth and wayside

 bloom, 

Bestir the young leaves tenderly,

 And drift beneath the apple tree 

Its fallen blossoms, like a mass 

Of tinted snow, upon the grass, 

The sunbeams on the greensward play.

Her finest and her fairest May 

Giveth for Decoration Day.   

References:

1.NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS May 1929   

2. WORLD BOOK VOL. III