First Line: THE USES OF ADVERSITY ARE SWEET Last Line: THE ROSE, THE LILY, AND THE VIOLET. Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; MEMORIAL DAY; WAR; DECLARATION DAY;
The uses of adversity are sweet: Red war, the lust of conquest is forgot; Beneath bland skies a nation stays her feet, To laud the hero, grace his sleeping-spot: For every drop of blood old swords have let, The rose, the lily, and the violet.
