George Ludovic Alexander

I clicked on the link for George Ludovic Alexander. In his diary he wrote some poetry and there was this one poem that I really liked. It didn't really say when these poems were written but i believe they were written when he was in the war. He could have written them at home because he went home often to escape the war and to hide for protection. I am not quite sure.

Mingled rain and sunshine,
Mingled smile and tear,
Mingled rose and lily
Clustered on his bier.

Rain-drops gently beck'ning
Flowers to lift their heads
In humble recognition
Of our beloved dead.

Shine-wondrous sunshine
Breaking through the gloom
To cast away the shadows
Reflected from the tomb.

Smiles shone that day somehow
Like sunshine through the rain
They cast away the shadows
And helped conceal pain.

Tear drops were in evidence
And those who loved him best
Wept silently within them
As they bore him to his rest.

Roses - lovely roses
That spoke as roses do
Of all that's good and noble
In a friend so tried and true.

Lilies - fragrant lilies
Above all so pure and white
Cause us to remember,

After darkness, comes the light.

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written by George Ludovic Alexander

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