10 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
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Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Wed, 2016-04-13 15:39
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Fri, 10 Jul 1942
After Oriana's funeral, wrote poem:-
'I have seen the anxious and fearful eyes
Of a wife who knows that her husband lies.
I have heard the hopeless moan of despair
Of a woman whose man is no longer there.
I have stood by the open grave of a child
Whose mother stood by while the earth was piled.
Faithlessness, death – all the risks that attend
Attachments on which we would grow to depend;
I wonder, would this make me hesitate
Though all other voices say 'Marry thy mate' ?
