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| I am having a little plate engraved for my saddle and I would like a short, beautiful quote to put on it with my horses name that I lost in a barrel racing freak accident. Or a fitting bible verse? Any ideas? |
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Location: Kentucky | I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. |
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  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| http://www.thecomfortcompany.net/garden-memorial-stones.aspx this website has a ton of them. Hope it helps you. |
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Location: south arkansas | traded their hooves for wings........................ sorry for your loss |
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | the breath of heaven is that which blows between a horses ears |
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Posts: 3782
Location: Gainesville, TX | I always loved the epithet from Ben Johnson's son's grave. His son was also named Ben.
Rest in soft peace . . . Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry.
I also always loved this poem:
Make Me No Grave
Make me no grave within that quiet place
Where friends shall sadly view the grassy mound,
Politely solemn for a little space,
As though the spirit slept beneath the ground.
For me no sorrow, nor the hopeless tear;
No chant, no prayer, no tender eulogy:
I may be laughing with the gods--while here
You weep alone. Then make no grave for me
But lay me where the pines, austere and tall,
Sing in the wind that sweeps across the West:
Where night, imperious, sets her coronal
Of silver stars upon the mountain crest.
Where dawn, rejoicing, rises from the deep,
And Life, rejoicing, rises with the dawn:
Mark not the spot upon the sunny steep,
For with the morning light I shall be gone.
Far trails await me; valleys vast and still,
Vistas undreamed of, canyon-guarded streams,
Lowland and range, fair meadow, flower-girt hill,
Forests enchanted, filled with magic dreams.
And I shall find brave comrades on the way:
None shall be lonely in adventuring,
For each a chosen task to round the day,
New glories to amaze, new songs to sing.
Loud swells the wind along the mountain-side,
High burns the sun, unfettered swings the sea,
Clear gleam the trails whereon the vanished ride,
Life calls to life: then make no grave for me!
by Henry Herbert Knibbs
reprinted with permission from Classic Rhymes by Henry Herbert Knibbs, 1999, Cowboy Miner Productions
All that said,
"He was part of my heart, a deep thunder roll.
Now he thunders through heaven, calling to my soul."
Edited by oija 2014-04-22 3:47 PM
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I will always be running in you're heart.
You are now with me forever in my heart. |
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Regular
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Location: Florida | Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
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A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You are forever in my Heart..
Our two Hearts have become one........
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-04-22 7:15 PM
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