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    Hymn To Talisay

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    This poem praises Talisay, the town of Dapitan in the Philippines where the author spent his childhood. The poem describes Talisay as strong, victorious over the elements, and a sacred place that nurtured both the body and soul of the author during his childhood. It portrays the people of Talisay as brave, fearless of storms or danger, and skilled in various pursuits including science, languages, and weaponry. The memory and name of Talisay is presented as a source of comfort and peace for the grown man facing struggles in life.

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    Hymn To Talisay

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    This poem praises Talisay, the town of Dapitan in the Philippines where the author spent his childhood. The poem describes Talisay as strong, victorious over the elements, and a sacred place that nurtured both the body and soul of the author during his childhood. It portrays the people of Talisay as brave, fearless of storms or danger, and skilled in various pursuits including science, languages, and weaponry. The memory and name of Talisay is presented as a source of comfort and peace for the grown man facing struggles in life.

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    This poem praises Talisay, the town of Dapitan in the Philippines where the author spent his childhood. The poem describes Talisay as strong, victorious over the elements, and a sacred place that nurtured both the body and soul of the author during his childhood. It portrays the people of Talisay as brave, fearless of storms or danger, and skilled in various pursuits including science, languages, and weaponry. The memory and name of Talisay is presented as a source of comfort and peace for the grown man facing struggles in life.

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    Hymn To Talisay

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    Avacyn Santos
    This poem praises Talisay, the town of Dapitan in the Philippines where the author spent his childhood. The poem describes Talisay as strong, victorious over the elements, and a sacred place that nurtured both the body and soul of the author during his childhood. It portrays the people of Talisay as brave, fearless of storms or danger, and skilled in various pursuits including science, languages, and weaponry. The memory and name of Talisay is presented as a source of comfort and peace for the grown man facing struggles in life.

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    Hymn to Talisay

    Hail, Talisay,
    firm and faithful,
    ever forward
    march elate!
    You, victorious,
    the elements
    land, sea and air
    shall dominate!

    The sandy beach of Dapitan
    and the rocks of its lofty mountain
    are your throne. O sacred asylum
    where I passed my childhood days!
    In your valley covered with flowers
    and shaded by fruitful orchards,
    our minds received their formation,
    both body and soul, by your grace.

    We are children, children born late,
    but our spirits are fresh and healthy;
    strong men shall we be tomorrow
    that can guard a family right.
    We are children that nothing frightens,
    not the waves, nor the storm, nor the thunder;
    the arm ready, the young face tranquil,
    in a fix we shall know how to fight.

    We ransack the sand in our frolic;
    through the caves and the thickets we ramble;
    our houses are built upon rocks;
    our arms reach far and wide.
    No darkness, and no dark night,
    that we fear, no savage tempest;
    if the devil himself comes forward,
    we shall catch him, dead or alive!

    Talisayon, the people call us:
    a great soul in a little body;
    in Dapitan and all its region
    Talisay has no match!
    Our reservoir is unequalled;
    our precipice is a deep chasm;
    and when we go rowing, our bancas
    no banca in the world can catch!

    We study the problems of science
    and the history of the nation.
    We speak some three or four languages;
    faith and reason we span.
    Our hands can wield at the same time
    the knife, the pen and the spade,
    the picket, the rifle, the sword
    companions of a brave man.

    Long live luxuriant Talisay!
    Our voices exalt you in chorus,
    clear star, dear treasure of childhood,
    a childhood you guide and please.
    In the struggles that await the grown man,
    subject to pain and sorrow,
    your memory shall be his amulet;
    and your name, in the tomb, his peace.
    Jose Rizal
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