Isang paboritong tula mula sa THANATOPSIS ni
William Cullen Bryant na napag-aralan sa high school
ang alaala ko sa araw na ito sa mga kamag-aral na nasa
SA DAKO PA ROON at ngayon nag-uugnayan.
“So live, that when thy summons comes to join
(Rollie, Totek, Net, Ruben, Frank, Turing, Boy...)
The innumerable caravan which moves
(Erning, Milo, Rading, Fely...Amado at Ed...)
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
(Mon, Tess, Lou, Flor, Amalia and Nardo...)
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
(Dally, Herming, Marina, Ana, Cely, Luvy, Nora, Nitz)
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
(Dilo, Vena, Mario, Weling....)
Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustain'd and soothed
(At sa marami pang iba...)
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
(Na nakasama sa mga lakaran, pagpupulong at
mismong reyunyon, kasama kayo sa aming dasal...)
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."
