Stillness and Dawn 1936

J.S. Dawson. Ferndale, Richmond Road, Staines, Middlesex.

“Courage is but a word..
The muddy watch fire of cold winter days
…Faith – without it – has no sense;
And love to wind of doubt and tremor sways
And life for ever quaking marsh must tread.

…Hope has it not; nor pride of being true;
Tis the mysterious soul which never yields,
But hales us on to breast the rush
Of all the fortunes we shall happen thro…”