now this. this is comedy.
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Death:Rendezvous- I have a rendezvous with Death, at some disputed barricade. I have a rendezvous with Death. When Spring comes back with rustling shade, and apple blossoms fill the air, I have a rendezvous with Death, when Spring brings back blue days and fair.It may be he shall take my hand and lead me into his dark land, and close my eyes and quench my breath, it may be I shall pass him still. I have a rendezvous with Death, On some scarred slope of battered hill, when Spring comes round again this year And the meadow flowers do first appear.God knows 'twere better to be deep, pillowed in silk and scented down, where love throbs out in blissful sleep, pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath, where hushed awakenings are dear. But I've a rendezvous with Death at midnight in some flaming town, when Spring trips north again this year and I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.By Alan SeegerPRIERE DE PARA - Donnez-moi, mon Dieu, ce qui vous reste Donnez-moi ce qu'on ne vous demande jamais. Je ne vous demande pas le repos Ni la tranquillité Ni celle de l'âme, ni celle du corps. Je ne vous demande pas la richesse Ni le succès, ni même la santé. Tout ça, mon Dieu, on vous le demande tellement Que vous ne devez plus en avoir. Donnez-moi, mon Dieu, ce qui vous reste Donnez-moi ce que l'on vous refuse. Je veux l'insécurité et l'inquiétude. Je veux la tourmente et la bagarre Et que vous me les donniez, mon Dieu, définitivement. Que je sois sûr de les avoir toujours Car je n'aurai pas toujours le courage De vous les demander. Donnez-moi, mon Dieu, ce qui vous reste. Donnez-moi ce dont les autres ne veulent pas. Mais donnez-moi aussi le courage Et la force et la foi. Car vous seul donnez, mon Dieu, Ce que l'on ne peut attendre que de soi.THE PARATROOPER'S PRAYER I'm asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things which others never ask of You. I don't ask You for rest, or tranquility. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don't ask You for wealth, or success, or even health. All those things are asked of You so much Lord, that you can't have any left to give. Give me instead Lord what You have left. Give me what others don't want. I want uncertainty and doubt. I want torment and battle. And I ask that You give them to me now and forever Lord, so I can be sure to always have them, because I won't always have the strength to ask again. But give me also the courage, the energy, and the spirit to face them. I ask You these things Lord, because I can't ask them of myself. By Lt. Andre Zirnheld