Sweet ancestral shelter
Many a time besieged
Your ramparts were ravaged
But decimated evil seeds
Your immense greatness
Challenging the universe
Your wintery whiteness
Enhances your beauty
Your vast wheatfields
Your carpets of poppies
Have repeated in an echo
My joy, on summer eves
You guarded the childhood
Of my humble spirit
And it was to my advantage
That you fulfilled my destiny
You are a source of life
Without you my heart sinks
Into the shadow
Of an infinite world
You have directed my path
And the way to dawn
You are still guiding me
Towards tomorrow's life
You will be forever
Alive in my heart
Citadel of happiness
And valley of love
Copyright 1977 Emile Tubiana
Ron
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Love ya!
Jane