From the 1918 text, "Oregon Boys In The War: Letters from Oregon Boys in France", compiled by Mrs. Frank Wilmot, Glass & Prudhomme Co., Publishers, page 254.
THE STAR OF GOLD
(Dedicated to the Mothers of Heroes)
It was a star all gleaming gold
In clouds o'er Bethlehem's plains unfurled,
That first proclaimed - the first foretold
The Christ, the Savior of the world.
It is a star all gleaming gold
That tells of heroes who have died
That right may reign, that life may hold
The love of Him they crucified.
O Star of Gold! O Star Divine!
O Star of Glory! Manhood, Youth!
Fair star of love that lights the shrine
Of God, of Country, Mother, Truth!
Shine on each Mother-heart we pray,
With solace in they golden gleam,
With peace within the precious ray
Of thine immortal golden beam.
-Martha S. Gierlow.
THE STAR OF GOLD
(Dedicated to the Mothers of Heroes)
It was a star all gleaming gold
In clouds o'er Bethlehem's plains unfurled,
That first proclaimed - the first foretold
The Christ, the Savior of the world.
It is a star all gleaming gold
That tells of heroes who have died
That right may reign, that life may hold
The love of Him they crucified.
O Star of Gold! O Star Divine!
O Star of Glory! Manhood, Youth!
Fair star of love that lights the shrine
Of God, of Country, Mother, Truth!
Shine on each Mother-heart we pray,
With solace in they golden gleam,
With peace within the precious ray
Of thine immortal golden beam.
-Martha S. Gierlow.
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