Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 08:19:20 -0600
From: Fred Rogers <fredrogers@VNET.IBM.COM>
Subject: Re: Eagle Ceremony-need new input
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The following poem was part of a package of Eagle Court of Honor materials which was distributed by the Bucks County Council Chapter of the National Eagle Scout Association. No author or source was given for the poem.
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
That stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king,
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil
Who never had to win his share
Of sun sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man,
But lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow in ease.
The stronger wind, the tougher trees,
The farther sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength,
By sun and cold, by rain and snows,
In tree or man, good timber grows.
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 23:04:44 -0600
From: "Steven P. Elwart" <SElwart@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Eagle Ceremony-need new input
Here is a poem we use. Hope it helps.
He guaranteed him absolute economic and social security.
He built the oyster a house, a shell to protect him from his enemies.
When hungry, the oyster simply opens his shell and food rushes in for him.
He has no worries.
He doesn't fight anybody.
He's not going anywhere.
He gave him the sky as domain.
The eagle then nested on the highest crag, where the storms threaten every day.
For food he flies through miles of rain, snow, sleet and wind.
He screams his defiance at the elements and goes about his own business, building his own life.
When he's aroused,
He's a noteworthy foe to his enemies.
As you start down the path of the Eagle Scout, I hope you will remember to live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and remember that God has made you an EAGLE, not an OYSTER.