A valley of peace and bounty

A valley of peace and bounty

"Not a valley of lament, of sorrowful state,

and never to surrender to death;

it all depends who makes life to such fate,

believing to his last breath."
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Wall Mural by Dr Abe V Rotor 

A valley of peace and bounty,  AVR

Let time stand still in these lovely hills

By the gentle streams and rivulets;

Let the breeze comb the green slopes,

And sing with the hills and rocky cliffs;

The birds fly over the meandering brook

And come to rest from across the bay;

Let the wild call the language of the free,

And signal the coming of night and day.

 

Where children from TV and mall 

Mingle with creatures big and small,

Discover the wonderful world of nature 

Away from toys and school. 

 

Here Beethoven composed a lovely song ,

And Schumann added a poetic flair;

Rustic indeed is Amorsolo’s version

Of this hidden valley fair.

Here by the pond Henry Thoreau

wrote a treatise, Man and Nature;

Here Schumacher praised the small,

Small, he said, is beautiful.

Here is respite, here is retreat,

Where the sky and hills ever meet;

Here’s life far, far from the busy lane,

A resort for tired souls and feet.

If life has not been lived well enough

And freedom like a genie chained;

Take it from Milton in his blindness,

He saw a Paradise regained.

And here as in our ancestor’s time

Lies an Eden, lofty yet sublime,

Where there is no need of calendar

To mark the passing of time.