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Elliott Napier
(1870 - 1940 / Australia)
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  JUST as of yore the friendly rain
Patters its old and frank refrain;
Just as of yore the world swings by
The little window where I lie
Watching the shadows wax and wane.

I see, beyond the Aegean main,
His cross upon the grave-scarred plain—
Yet still the dawn-flush climbs the sky,
Just as of yore!

His cross—and mine! They try in vain
With careful phrase to stanch the pain;
They say, ‘A hero's death!' But I
Long only for his footstep nigh;
Long only for my boy again,
Just as of yore!


Elliott Napier

Submitted Date Thursday, January 01, 2004



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