Jose Rizal
Least we forget, 30th of December 1896, was tinged with sadness amidst the bright Star of Christmas and the golden dawn of a New Year, let me share with you the lines below.
Rudy
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JOSE P. RIZAL
By Rudy A. Arizala
30 December 2006
J – ust at break of dawn
O –n Bagumbayan
S – hot from Remington
E – choed, fell a man.
P – eople mourn his death
R – aise thy brow profound
I – n homage to man
Z – ion his homeland
A – nd freedom his aim
L – and of golden sun.