Homecoming
HESE boys are back, and one more worry over With brothers, sons and ‘lovers safe at home; Yet there are those who henceforth and for ever Must wait for footsteps that will never come. ys, some there are who went away as proudly Whom bitier times did not so kindly guard; And Though its voice is never raised as loudly We know that there is bitterness as well as pride. O now, though banners wave in acclamation For those who fought and won, is it not apt To shed our tears in lamentation Of those whom tears no longer can corrupt? OR wears, like life, have double-sided ledgers, And neither joy nor grief can stand alone; And heroes dead are heroes still, and brothers Are brothers yet, though tears alone remain. -A.V. (12-7-'43).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 213, 23 July 1943, Page 5
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134Homecoming New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 213, 23 July 1943, Page 5
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