LAMENT
You are not here-though the flame-splashed sky fades to a sombre grey, ; You are not here, when the frosty night slips into sullen day; You are not here, when the stubborn herd \crosses the stonés to 'drinkYou are not here-yct I see you stand tense by the river’s brink, A vibrant shadow of the past-aflame with love and joy of living, Beautiful, alert and gallant-eyed, generous and all forgiving. i You are not here-The straying beast sways up the craugnblinc bank Oh, vou stood guard and held them there, watching them where they drank . . You are not here. Oh, well I know that you have died, Vet through wet grasses in the sighing rain you press against my \side. You are not here. The new dawns break in glé¥y vor. ti gricf, Vet the slow passing of their ways have brought: to .ceynfort or relief. You are not here. Your amber eyes are locked: and still and cold, Vet through my sleep, and: through the daysy,, yous shadow me and
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Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 16, 28 October 1932, Unnumbered Page
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177LAMENT Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 16, 28 October 1932, Unnumbered Page
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