Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fallowturn Moon<\/p>\n
What makes a nation’s pillars high
\nAnd it’s foundations strong?
\nWhat makes it mighty to defy
\nThe foes that round it throng?<\/p>\n
It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
\nGo down in battle shock;
\nIts shafts are laid on sinking sand,
\nNot on abiding rock.<\/p>\n
Is it the sword? Ask the red dust
\nOf empires passed away;
\nThe blood has turned their stones to rust,
\nTheir glory to decay.<\/p>\n
And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown
\nHas seemed to nations sweet;
\nBut God has struck its luster down
\nIn ashes at his feet.<\/p>\n
Not gold but only men can make
\nA people great and strong;
\nMen who for truth and honor’s sake
\nStand fast and suffer long.<\/p>\n
Brave men who work while others sleep,
\nWho dare while others fly…
\nThey build a nation’s pillars deep
\nAnd lift them to the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fallowturn Moon A Nation’s Strength by\u00a0Ralph Waldo Emerson What makes a nation’s pillars high And it’s foundations strong? What makes it mighty to defy … Continue reading Ralph’s Perspective<\/span>