Visiting with a tourist in London, she said to me that
she had loved War Horse, the book, War Horse, the movie, and that she was going
to take her grandchildren to it. But she
was going to suggest to them that they read the book before they go. Then she asked how I had liked it. I told her that I saw it on Monday and then
again on Wednesday, so that might be enough to describe how much I liked it –
going back again. And I think the show
can stand on its own – since I had never read the book, nor seen the
movie. If her grandchildren can get the
reading done, good. If not, I suspect
they will still enjoy it.
I loved the song by the story tell that threads its
way through the play. I went to the
internet, trying to find it. That is
when I understood it is an old hymn, not one from my Mormon repertoire of
hymns. Here it is below. If you haven’t time to see the movie or read
the book, you might want to at least think about the reason this hymn was used
to tie the war horse episodes together.
Words and music by John R. Sweeney and William J.
Kirkpatrick, from "On Joyful Wing, A Book of Praise and Song"
published by John J. Hood in 1886.
Up and away like the dew in the morning,
Soaring from the earth to its home in the sun,
Thus we would pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered for what we have done.
Only the truth that in life we have spoken.
Only the seed we have sown,
These shall pass onward when we're forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done.
Only remembered, Only remembered,
Only remembered for what we have done,
Only remembered, Only remembered,
Only remembered for what we have done.
Shall we be missed when the others succeed us,
Keeping the fields we in springtime have sown?
No, for the sowers shall pass from their labors,
Only remembered for what they have done.
Only remembered, Only remembered,
Only remembered for what they have done,
Only remembered, Only remembered,
Only remembered for what they have done.
Up and away like the dew in the morning,
Soaring from the earth to its home in the sun,
Thus we would pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered for what we have done.
Fabulous lyrics!
We should all be so lucky as to be remembered only for what we have done.
Arta
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