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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531343" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Presidency & General Washington = 2012</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THE PRESIDENCY & GENERAL WASHINGTON = 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Those who wish to be President<br> Must practice what they teach.<br> For their people need inspiring<br> To believe what they preach.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Take heed therefore, unto yourselves<br> You overseers of the flock<br> Or the voters shall cast you out<br> For your futures are not of rock.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Life may place you in deep waters<br> Though it doesn't wish you to drown.<br> It's your past record that lets us know<br> Who you are as you smile or frown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> If you wish to be remembered<br> From the truth you must never part.<br> Power corrupts the best of us<br> When we stop listening to our heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> GENERAL WASHINGTON</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Once in command, he boxed in the British<br> At Boston where he captured Dorchester Heights<br> Overlooking the Brits at his mercy<br> As his men took aim with their cannon sites.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The British commander had but one choice<br> To sail to New York to renew the fight.<br> Where the English had much greater forces<br> Who soon chased Washington's men in full flight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> They continued on to Pennsylvania<br> After crossing the Hudson in retreat<br> With the British forces in hot pursuit<br> It looked as though George was doomed to defeat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> When winter seemed to have stopped the fighting<br> That's when Washington crossed the Delaware.<br> On Christmas night he captured Trenton<br> Where Hessians were surprised and unaware.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> He whipped the British at Princeton<br> Where in victory his men began to sing.<br> Washington then wintered at Morristown<br> Training his troops for the combat of spring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Washington fought bravely at Brandywine<br> And again at a place called Germantown<br> But the British were the victorious ones<br> As the dead of both sides covered the ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Americans were blessed early that spring<br> When the French entered the war on their side.<br> Though most suffered frostbite at Valley Forge<br> With the help of the French they marched in stride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The battles raged on, in the North and South<br> As the King's soldiers laid waste to the land.<br> Washington himself was in great despair<br> Pleading for aid for his weakened command.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> His prayers were answered by 5000 troops<br> And a French fleet who took Chesapeake Bay.<br> They bottled up Cornwallis at Yorktown<br> Who surrendered to victory drums at play.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Yorktown was really the end of the war<br> Though not many quite realized that fact yet.<br> But the British soon grew tired of the fight<br> And the terms for its end were signed and set.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Washington yearned to retire at home<br> But his country chose him first president.<br> Cheering crowds waved flags of love and support<br> For they believed that &quot;he, &quot; by God, was sent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Tom's 481 Poems Are Free To Share! <br> By God's Poet<br> Tom Zart<br> Most Published Poet<br> On The Web! <br> <br>Tom Zart www.internetvoicesradio.com/t_zart/<br> http: //www.veteranstodayforum.com/viewforum.php? f=38<br> 'To book Tom Zart for guest appearances, product, or services, contact Raymond L. LaPietra-Exclusive Personal Manager,913-681-7750 (office) , modelman@careerimages.com (e-mail) ,</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+Zart">Tom Zart</a><div class=q>
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 Those who wish to be President
 Must practice what they teach.
 For their people need inspiring
 To believe what they preach.

 Take heed therefore, unto yourselves
 You overseers of the flock
 Or the v..."></div>
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