thedrifter
06-25-03, 08:19 AM
Marine Tradition
The Marines have an old tradition,
Believed to be Corps wide.
It's one that salutes our brothers
Who've passed to the other side.
A single rose by a turned down glass
Resides at the table's end...
A tiny bit of nostalgia,
And a tribute to absent friends.
Each in his turn will look that way,
Each with his cup abrim,
Each will remember a fellow Marine
With "there's Tommy or Frank or Jim".
There are those whose name escape us,
And those we can't recall;
Long history dims identity,
But we drink to them one and all.
When my earthly life is over,
And to the tables end I pass,
Future Marines will remember,
And turn down an empty glass'.
~Author Unknown~
Sempers,
Roger
:marine:
The Marines have an old tradition,
Believed to be Corps wide.
It's one that salutes our brothers
Who've passed to the other side.
A single rose by a turned down glass
Resides at the table's end...
A tiny bit of nostalgia,
And a tribute to absent friends.
Each in his turn will look that way,
Each with his cup abrim,
Each will remember a fellow Marine
With "there's Tommy or Frank or Jim".
There are those whose name escape us,
And those we can't recall;
Long history dims identity,
But we drink to them one and all.
When my earthly life is over,
And to the tables end I pass,
Future Marines will remember,
And turn down an empty glass'.
~Author Unknown~
Sempers,
Roger
:marine: