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| Lay down your pen, ; I The words that flowed before j j Must dry unread, unlettered; : i Man's senses now are fettered \ j By the crude bonds of War. j • Lai/ down your palette and your j j brush; • ■ Colour must fade Into grey doom; \ | There is no longer room j i For beauty and delight. j | Set aside your dreams, : • If beauty is our truth, ■ j Then truth is sleeping; j « Too deep it lies for dreaming, \ j Cry anger, pain and ruth I j ■ Yet guard your pen, your brushes, j j Set watch upon all beauty; j i Let the gay palette lie j i In strongly guarded places; j j When this harsh mood shall wane; j : Man of his madness weaned, j ■ Shall cry for these again. j i —Una Craig j j i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23618, 30 March 1940, Page 6 (Supplement)
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