To A Soldier's Mother
Her couragc is a thing ice scarcely mention (For seldom do we contemplate her fears), Her name has never captured passing interest: (We've never borne witness to her tears). A silent background is her chosen settincj Content 'that every glory should aliaht Upon the one she cradled-as a baby The boy she planned-and prayed for thru' the night. Her smile resembles curtains in a window. That camouflage thc store-room of her pain With little frills of light and lacey laughter Behind which guarded secrets still remain.
S/?r > s the true foundation of the Empire, Expecting neither gratitude nor praise For . unrewarded years of quiet devotion, The moulding of its' Youth to manhood days: Mo jL?J ! t f r li £ c J ircst drcams w erc never realised. disappointment fell her lot— jcars Embrace her tenderly in parting, soldier. s *,f »\W e L* e J ide you thru ' thc upright years). I'm sure, some day, in some undreamed-of heaven God will reward her in His way above. She is the answer to thc word "unselfish." She is the living proof of deathless love. —.Ifa vis E. Hills.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 14 (Supplement)
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