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" A PRINCESS TO ALL PEOPLE" OR "TOUCHED BY A PRINCESS"

R. Stephen Wheelock Aug 17, 2007

"IN MEMORY OF LADY DIANA"




MORE BEAUTY THEN ANY FLOWER THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN

SOFTER THEN ANY FABRIC OR THE FINEST LINEN EVER SEWN


LOVELIER, EVEN DEEPER THEN THE EYE COULD EVER HOLD

MORE TENDER THEN THE PEDALS OF A BLOSSOM ON A ROSE


STOOD STRONGER THEN ANY OAK IN THE WORLD EVER STOOD

AGAINST THE FORCES OF TRADITIONS THAT ONE EVER SHOULD


SACRIFICED THE HONOR AND ROYALTY OF HER HOME

TO COMFORT AND CARE FOR THE HURTING AND DYING SOUL


STRENGTHENED THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE WEAK

BY GIVEN THEM THE LOVE AND HOPE THAT THEY SEEKED


STRUGGLED AND LONGED FOR A LIFE TO CALL HER OWN

ONLY TO HAVE LOST IT BY WHAT HINDERED THIS MOST


LEAVING BEHIND WHAT SEEMS LIKE ONLY PART OF A PLAN

BY BEING SNATCHED FROM THIS WORLD LIKE A SWIPE OF A HAND


LASTING IMPRESSIONS OF THE COMPASSION AND CARE

THAT SHE GAVE SO TO ALL WHO EVER NEEDED HER THERE


LADY DIANA, SHE'S BEEN GONE FOR AWHILE

BUT WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER GRACE AND SWEET SMILE


SHE WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER AND SET ASIDE HER THRONE

TO BECOME A COMMON FLOWER AND TO US AN ENGLISH ROSE


A PRINCESS TO ALL PEOPLE, A PRINCESS TO BEHOLD

A PRINCESS TO MANY COUNTRIES EACH WANTING HER AS THEIR OWN


MAY WE LIFT UP OUR HEARTS AND REACH OUT OUR HANDS

AND HELP ONE ANOTHER WHILE WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE

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