Sunday War Poet....

Vera Brittain

(1893-1970)

Perhaps ( To R.A.L)

Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,

And I shall see that still the skies are blue,

And feel once more I do not live in vain,

Although bereft of You.

Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet

Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay,

And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet,

Though You have passed away.

Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright,

And crimson roses once again be fair,

And autumn harvest fields a rich delight,

Although You are not there.

Perhaps some day I shall not shrink in pain

To see the passing of the dying year,

And listen to Christmas songs again,

Although You cannot hear.' 

But though kind Time may many joys renew,

There is one greatest joy I shall not know

Again, because my heart for loss of You

Was broken, long ago

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Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, Feminist and pacifist, best remembered for her 1933 memoir, Testament of Youth which recount her experiences during WW1.

At the outbreak of WW1 Vera was studying at Oxford University, she delayed her degree and in 1915 she enrolled and worked as a V.A.D nurse for much of the war. 

Her fiancé Roland Aubrey Leighton was killed at the western front in December 1915.

This poem is dedicated to him.

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