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"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful.  At the same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.


Flag Day – 14 June 2007
By Mary T. Hoffman

For some of my thoughts about Flag Day, see:
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20060614.html 

This poem by the American author and poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox is appropriate for today. Notice the reference to “fluttering flags” in the third line!

USA Flag

AN INSPIRATION
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(November 5, 1850–October 30, 1919)

However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes
With fluttering flags and prancing nags
And echoing roll of drums,
Still truth proclaims this motto
In letters of living light,–
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

Though the heel of the strong oppressor
May grind the weak in the dust,
And the voices of fame with one acclaim
May call him great and just,
Let those who applaud take warning,
And keep this motto in sight,–
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

Let those who have failed take courage;
Tho' the enemy seems to have won,
Tho' his ranks are strong, if he be in the wrong
The battle is not yet done;
For, sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

O man bowed down with labor!
O woman young, yet old!
O heart oppressed in the toiler's breast
And crushed by the power of gold!
Keep on with your weary battle
Against triumphant might;
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.

See also:
http://www.all-creatures.org/poetrydir.html

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