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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578269" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Silver Dollar</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You gave me something, grandpa<br>A coin of silver - flat and round<br>But it doesn't whirr or whistle<br>It cannot make a sound</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not marked with 'China'<br>On a toy that is a must<br>It only bears this simple line<br>'U.S.A In God We Trust'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This thing you gave me grandpa<br>Of this there is no doubt<br>It doesn't laugh and giggle<br>When I push it in and out</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It has no pretty colors<br>No buttons or a bow<br>It makes no noise or vibrate<br>No volume 'high' or 'low'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So of what good is it grandpa<br>This shiny little thing? <br>What fun will come with having it<br>What laughter will it bring? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I tell you this, my loving one<br>My grandchild oh so dear<br>The truth about this silver coin<br>That you might wish to hear</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now take up the silver coin<br>Travel back in time with me<br>And think of those who owned it<br>In your mind now can you see? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To touch the silver dollar<br>And to make the feeling last<br>Is to touch all those who held it<br>And to touch the history past</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To hold it and to feel it<br>Is to hold the spirits trapped therein <br>To think of where it lingered<br>And to wonder where its been </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When we think of those who owned it<br>Then we think of those who tried<br>To give you all you wish for<br>From the toil for which they died</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well, I'll tell you of this silver coin<br>And how it comes to you<br>From a mine in Colorado<br>Or the mountains of Peru</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps it's silver touched The Inca<br>Upon his emerald crown<br>Or was inlaid in the Spanish sword<br>That brought the empire down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Valley Forge or Flanders Field<br>Or perhaps on Concord Green<br>At Shiloh Church or Gettysburg<br>Who knows what the silvers' seen? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The silver out of which it's made<br>It self has witnessed much<br>But then a coin from it was made<br>And again felt history's touch<br> <br>On a birthday or a Christmas<br>Perhaps it bought a little toy<br>And delighted those who got it<br>A little frontier girl or boy</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A whiskey for a cowboy<br>In some small Texas town<br>Who had to wash away the trail dust<br>So he laid this dollar down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Yank or Rebel soldier<br>Might have held it in his hand<br>A groom may have used this dollar<br>To buy his loved one's wedding band</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It may just have been there <br>That day when all seemed lost<br>When fire rained down on Hawaii's Pearl<br>Perhaps this dollar saw the cost</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of what use is this silver coin? <br>Oh, my princess, don't you see? <br>That what I give you with this gift<br>Is a piece of history</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Bayless">William Bayless</a><div class=q>
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A coin of silver - flat and round
But it doesn't whirr or whistle
It cannot make a sound

It is not marked with 'China'
On a toy that is a must
It only bears this simple line
'U.S.A In God We Trust'

This thing you g..."></div>
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