Laughter will come again
As grass-shoots after rain,
We shall forget the secret fears,
The grieving and the pain.
Things once we counted small
Will hold our minds in thrall,
One blade of grass be dear to us
Who might have lost our all.
Enough for us to lie
Under an empty sky,
Able at last to look ahead
With hope and courage high.
Laughter will come again
As grass shoots after rain.
We shall forget the secret fears,
The grieving and the pain.
But not the shining sons of men
Else these have died in vain.
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 May 1942
Author: Myra Evelyn Morris (1893-1966) was born in Boort, Victoria. She spent most of her life in small Victorian country towns. She published a steady stream of short stories and poems throughout her life, as well as three novels. She died in Frankston, Victoria in 1966.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
As grass-shoots after rain,
We shall forget the secret fears,
The grieving and the pain.
Things once we counted small
Will hold our minds in thrall,
One blade of grass be dear to us
Who might have lost our all.
Enough for us to lie
Under an empty sky,
Able at last to look ahead
With hope and courage high.
Laughter will come again
As grass shoots after rain.
We shall forget the secret fears,
The grieving and the pain.
But not the shining sons of men
Else these have died in vain.
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 May 1942
Author: Myra Evelyn Morris (1893-1966) was born in Boort, Victoria. She spent most of her life in small Victorian country towns. She published a steady stream of short stories and poems throughout her life, as well as three novels. She died in Frankston, Victoria in 1966.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
