Page:More songs by the fighting men, soldier poets, second series, 1917.djvu/47

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S. Donald Cox

Life

LILT of a child's gay laughter,
Cry of a soul in pain,
Sunshine awhile, and after
Rain.


Day and the zest of living,
Dusk and the dark's release;
After the hour of striving
Peace.


After the conflict's flurry,
Silence serene and deep;
After the stress and hurry
Sleep.

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