<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370356" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On All Souls Day, 2011</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">People throng the cemeteries<br>On ‘All Souls Day’, <br>Remembering their beloved ones, <br>Respects to pay! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All flower-decked and candle-lit, <br>Cemeteries stay; <br>Most relatives hear Requiem Mass, <br>Kneel down to pray! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They sing those famous songs of love<br>For near and dear; <br>Their emotions are stirred again, <br>Eyes filled with tear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The separations are relived, <br>They burn incense; <br>Some weeks or years had rolled off fast, <br>Death stole souls since.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The agony to some was great, <br>With kith, kin lost; <br>They plead to God to show mercy<br>At any cost! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They call upon the saints that died<br>To intervene; <br>They cannot forget how they cried<br>With thoughts ev’rgreen! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The beggars line up to get alms, <br>And charity; <br>Most people dole out cash and kind, <br>Full of pity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The prayers, masses, good deeds touch<br>The Most High’s heart; <br>When God’s love falls as rain-showers, <br>Then people part! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘God, empty Purgatory, ’ they plead; <br>‘With light divine! ’<br>May faithful all departed rest! ’<br>From tracts, they read.<br>Dedicated to all Souls on all Souls Day,2011! <br>By ‘Holy family Church, ’ Perundurai<br>Copyright by Dr John Celes 02-11-11</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370356" data-title="On All Souls Day, 2011 de John Celes" data-description="People throng the cemeteries On ‘All Souls Day’, Remembering their beloved ones, Respects to pay! All flower-decked and candle-lit, Cemeteries stay; Most relatives hear Requiem Mass, Kneel down to pray! They sing those famous songs of..."></div> </div> </div>

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